Linear pull caliper brakes

At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message
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"Peter B" <[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of the
following:

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Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre pull
types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed to the other,
rather than using a straddle wire.

V-brakes on road bikes? Coo!

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message
<[email hidden]> was posted by
"Peter B" <[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of the
following:

Quoted message said:

Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre
pull types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed
to the other, rather than using a straddle wire.

V-brakes on road bikes? Coo!

Guy

And it seems that biopace, or something on the same lines, is being tried
again by some riders.
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Just zis Guy said:

At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message
<[email hidden]> was posted by
"Peter B" <[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of
the following:

Quoted message said:

Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre
pull types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed
to the other, rather than using a straddle wire.

V-brakes on road bikes? Coo!

And it seems that biopace, or something on the same lines, is being
tried again by some riders.

No, elipticals. See the egg-ding bloke, whom you can find on the web.
Elipticals have been in use among some track bike circles for at least
thirty years to my knowledge, and there is a different theory to them
than to Biopace. Biopace is about smoothing power delivery, AIUI
elipticals are about giving you a higher effective ratio on the
downstroke and a lower one through TDC, so more or less the opposite
effect.

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Simon Brooke said:

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Just zis Guy said:

At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message
<[email hidden]> was
posted by "Peter B" <[email hidden]>, including
some, all or none of the following:

> Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked
> like centre pull types but with a noodle fitted to one arm
> and the cable fixed to the other, rather than using a
> straddle wire.

V-brakes on road bikes? Coo!

And it seems that biopace, or something on the same lines, is
being tried again by some riders.

No, elipticals. See the egg-ding bloke, whom you can find on
the web. Elipticals have been in use among some track bike
circles for at least thirty years to my knowledge, and there
is a different theory to them than to Biopace. Biopace is
about smoothing power delivery, AIUI elipticals are about
giving you a higher effective ratio on the downstroke and a
lower one through TDC, so more or less the opposite effect.

Ok, I didn't notice the detail.

Talking of biopace, my old [1] Rockhopper which has been
roadified has a granny biopace ring and round middle and outer
rings. I used to think biopace was great but now when I change to
the granny it feels totally unnatural. Luckily I just use the
bike for commuting and never need the granny. :-)
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At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message
<[email hidden]> was posted by
"Peter B" <[email hidden]>, including some, all or none of the
following:

Quoted message said:

Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre pull
types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed to the

other,

Quoted message said:

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rather than using a straddle wire.

V-brakes on road bikes? Coo!

Not really, there were no bosses on the stays. Instead some sort of mongrel
brake using a single fixing on the bridge (I only saw a rear brake) and
resembling a centre pull brake rather than a V.

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Pete
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