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From: sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Extensive article on Rivendell and Grant Petersen
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:51:26 -0700
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On 9/26/2024 8:51 AM, Radey Shouman 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.

In 1987 I went to China on a low-budget bicycle trip. The tour company 
provided us with Chinese bicycles with rod brakes. It was a good 
decision, because the last thing you wanted to do when riding in a mass 
of commuters was to slam on your brakes and cause a pile-up. You needed 
to just go with the flow and not make any sudden turns or stops. Since 
the rod brakes only slightly slowed the bicycle there were no rear-end 
collisions.