Originally Posted by
waynesulak
Are you saying your tandem with disk has inadequate rear braking?
We use V-Brakes front and rear. Braking is great. Rear works well.
We have two tandems, one equipped with V-brakes the other 160mm disks. Both stop very well and I spent a lot of time getting the adjustments 'just so'. Perfect amount of lever pull and as equal a feel between front and rear as possible. On neither tandem nor on any bike I have ever ridden, has the rear brake used alone been 'overwhelming'. Far from it. For a time, on our cargo tandem we had no rear brake at all. The boss insisted we make a food run before I had it sorted. Refusal was not an option... well it was, but... anyway, long story short, the front brake alone (v-brake) was well up to stopping a ~340lb team, plus ~80lbs of groceries, even from a high speed descent. Would I have dared pull that stunt with only the rear brake operational???? Never!
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