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From: Wolfgang Strobl <news5@mystrobl.de>
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Subject: Re: Extensive article on Rivendell and Grant Petersen
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:30:16 +0200
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Am Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:22:00 -0400 schrieb Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>:

>On 9/26/2024 7:06 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>>  
>> Hydraulic system being in someways simpler ie only mechanical moving parts
>> are the pistons and the levers and sealed from grot so will work even if
>> completely clogged up.
>
>I thought the pad retraction depended on the proper flexing of a rubber 
>ring or seal; and I thought I came across a video detailing the need for 
>cleaning that stuff inside the caliper to maintain proper retraction. Am 
>I remembering wrong? ISTM that without some such mechanism, removing 
>hydraulic pressure would still leave the pads lightly scuffing the disc.
>
>> Extremely easy to live with change pads every so often, for my uses less
>> often than rim pads which just get eaten by the slop. 
>
>Your use must be unusual. My rim brake shoes seem to last decades. 

During the time when I commuted all year long, my rim brake shoes on the
front brake rarely survived the winter.    Not much of a problem, but so
far I heard that statement above mostly from people who complained about
poorly functioning brakes and it then turned out that their brake pads
had become rock hard over the years. "Why change?", they said, "they're
not worn out yet!". 


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