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From: Catrike Rider <soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Anal retentive about this but got over it
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:15:53 -0500
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On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 15:44:21 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 1/3/2025 3:29 PM, Catrike Rider wrote:
>> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 14:51:06 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 1/3/2025 2:32 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>>> On 1/3/2025 3:27 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
>>>>>    I managed to clean the Habanero Disc yesterday. Frankly
>>>>> given some of wet streets over past weeks was not all the
>>>>> dirty. Check the chain too and original chain with over
>>>>> 7000 miles no stretch.
>>>>>
>>>>> However the front disc brake has an ever so slight rub. It
>>>>> does not stop the wheel or even keep it from slowing down
>>>>> just small chink. I use to get pissed about it but really
>>>>> no room for error on these disc brakes. The rear does not
>>>>> at all. Fiddling around with it for a bit but got over it
>>>>> and bike is fine. Just can't say it spins like a top.
>>>>
>>>> If it's due to minor warpage, I've had success taking a
>>>> small adjustable crescent wrench tightening it done on the
>>>> area that seems to want to rub and bending it in the other
>>>> direction. Go gently, try multiple iterations until it
>>>> responds.
>>>>
>>>> (Cue the brake curmudgeons criticizing disc brake issues).
>>>>
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> I about to write that I assume Mr Cleary can and probably
>>> did center the caliper which leaves seriously loose front
>>> wheel bearing or bent rotor.
>>>
>>> Minor rotor blips are straightforward and not at all
>>> difficult for the home mechanic.
>> 
>> Nice thing about the Catrike is that the disks are inboard and not out
>> there where they can get easily banged and brushed against. The first
>> pair got me 31000 miles with no maintenance except a little cleaning.
>> There's no brake on the back, but now Catrike is putting one on,
>> mostly for use as a parking brake, I believe.
>
>That's odd.  Wouldn't a regular locking lever on one of the 
>fronts be sufficient?

Catrike puts those disgusting things on now, too. I tried them a long
time ago and ended up tossing them away in the trash. They rattled and
I had to have the calipers halfway closed in the open lever position
for it to lock in the locked position. I'm told now that they've
corrected those problems, but now my handlebar setup requires TT
levers and I just have a loop of old tire tube on the grip to lock
them. The only time I lock the brakes is when it's sitting on asphalt
where it might roll away if unattended and that's only when I'm
setting up or closing down a ride. On a ride I just drop one wheel off
into the grass.
 
I know people who ride trikes in the mountains and use the rear brake
to moderate their speed. In dependant front wheel brakes can be
dangerous in high speed braking considering how easily it is to
lighten or lift the rear wheel and lose directional stability.