Originally Posted by TandemGeek
Good that it's more robust and that a new 20mm is on the way. As I said, in looking at the
photo of the Instigator it sure looks like they used a set of drop-outs designed for curved fork blades on a straight bladed fork which moves the orientation of the drop-out openings rearward... not a good thing for disc-equipped fork.
Oh I get you now,,,and i totally agree with your remark, something to pay attencion for sure that i over view just because I assume was "freeride" dirtjumper fork, maybe I will weld some "solon taps" on them to avoid bad surprices.
thanks for the heads up.
Back to your comment about running a dual cable or cable splitter system, it would have been interesting to see if the combination of rim and Avid's BB7 mechanical disc brake may have lent itself to that application, i.e., could you get the cable pull adjusted well enough for both brakes to work pregressively in tandem (so to speak),
some of the old BMW "airhead" feature a cable operated lever that activate a Hydrolic pump located inside the frame (under the tank) i have no idea why they did it this way, maybe because the pumps were so bulky and ugly at the time, anyway on a bicycle the problem will be backwards if you were to install a hydrolic brake, i think you will need a "Firewall" A.K.A. a place were you can locate the reservior in a fix possition, on the other hand a mecanically operated will have far less issues as long as the lever travel is compatible,,the diacompe levers i remenber were made for cantilever dutty NOT for V-brake (long cable pull) but for sure will be fun to try..
about the stocker operating the brake,,at least in my experience when i have my bike set up that way long time ago, the passanger ussually will be scare S^^Tless and will aply the brake all the time, slowing the bike, maybe i need to find a "stable" partner that will not do effords to slow down the bike,,so far tandems for me are very "autoritarian" or "dominant"
We have or at least had a member of our cycling club who would tote his personal bikes around on a side-mounted custom rack that he fitted to his Harley cruiser and I've pondered how I'd rig up a similar set-up for my Honda CBR1100. I've come to the conclusion that sportbikes aren't as adaptable to such mods and I'd be better off getting a Goldwing with a small trailer for hauling bikes around, as a few inventive tandem teams have done in the past.
you are right certain bikes can not pull "aircraft carrior dutty", the GS's like mine work extremlly well but I try others with really ill results, to unstable, to low,,to many problems
on a side note, i saw your Avid disc project and I need to tell you that bike of yours is one of the most elegant and slender pedal machines I ever saw, the resolution on the rear is pretty much the way i want to do it,,running the caliper inside the rear triangle to leave alone the space for the rack, my idea was simpler just to run a small plate with the holes just drill to hold the caliperor or a little tube with two bores for the same porpuse but i was never really convince,, now after seeing the way you guys accomplish it, I have a few more ideas to make it very nice , pretty and still,,for that i will show you later.
thanks again for the great advice, for sure you guys know your stuff (not to mension the Impecable taste), i be glad to amusse you with my "silly" aproaches.