Old 02-25-10 | 09:03 AM
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Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike

Originally Posted by zonatandem
Wondering just have many of us BF tandem posters have themselves experienced *brake failure*?
Near failure?
Under what conditions?
We have not yet in our 225,000+ miles of tandeming.
Pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy anbd Kay/zonatandem

Descending Brasstown Bald, which is steep, twisty, and dangerous to the point we were not going to bomb down it, our brakes were pretty seriously off gassing by the bottom. If it would have been any longer we would have had to have stopped as the brakes were getting to the point that you could tell they were losing their effectiveness.

But we've never had them actually fail.
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