Winzip Disk Installation
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Winzip Disk Installation
Another poster with a Formula disk asked for some details about the Winzip installation. I ordered the Winzip from Tandems Ltd in Alabama over the phone. Before ordering, I talked to him about the pop rivets that were used to attach a cable stop that I thought would be needed on the chainstay. (I had a friend who had retrofitted a Winzip and his shop installed a cable housing stop on the chainstay.) I was asking because most pop rivets are aluminum and I had a steel frame and I didn't want to put those two metals together. He said that drilling would not be necessary because he recommended using a cable housing end sleeve that he would provide that would slide into one of the holes under the stoker bottom bracket. I would need to enlarge the hole slightly. It sounded good to me and I ordered the brake from him and it was easy to enlarge the opening. I did have to sand down the cable housing itself to get the housing to fit into the end sleeve. I am enclosing some photos to show what I am talking about.
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Originally Posted by BloomingCyclist
he recommended using a cable housing end sleeve that he would provide that would slide into one of the holes under the stoker bottom bracket. I would need to enlarge the hole slightly.
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We've had the Gold full sintered metallic EBC pads on our Winzip brake for a few hundred miles now and I am very happy with them. I asked about brake pad materials and brake pad manufacturers in another thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/tandem-cycling/302000-disc-brake-pad-questions-about-different-materials-makers.html
With the original pads (which I don't know much about except they were painted red and were some sort of semi-metallic - since I could see the metal strands in the pad), I never felt like they were capable of stopping as well as the V brakes that the Winzip replaced and they wore quickly at 3 State 3 Mtn in May in Chattanooga. Whether it was the pads or my set up would be a fair question but I will just say that now the brake is very good and it does brake stronger than the V Brake and they are not wearing quickly. I'm pleased.
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https://www.bikeforums.net/tandem-cycling/302000-disc-brake-pad-questions-about-different-materials-makers.html
With the original pads (which I don't know much about except they were painted red and were some sort of semi-metallic - since I could see the metal strands in the pad), I never felt like they were capable of stopping as well as the V brakes that the Winzip replaced and they wore quickly at 3 State 3 Mtn in May in Chattanooga. Whether it was the pads or my set up would be a fair question but I will just say that now the brake is very good and it does brake stronger than the V Brake and they are not wearing quickly. I'm pleased.
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Bloomington, IN
