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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:51:14 -0400, Radey Shouman
<shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

>sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> writes:
>
>> On 9/25/2024 7:46 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> At the 2017 Interbike show there was one bike with mechanical rod
>> brakes that contact the underside of the rim instead of the sides. See 
>> <https://i.imgur.com/iiGTP8a.png>.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure that rod brakes are the wave of the future. No cables
>> to brake. No hydraulic hoses to leak. They will be much more
>> reliable. Buy replacement pads at any bicycle shop in Shanghai.
>
>Millions of people used rod brakes for years.  I never heard one
>complain that they did not stop fast enough.

Name your preferred type of brake and the same statement is likely
true :-) 
In the years I've been riding -- started in my 11's or 12's with my
schoolmates,  I've never has a properly maintained brake fail to stop
me :-)

-- 
Cheers,

John B.