Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Once you grind your way through the chrome plating to the under laying steel and the steel starts rusting
the braking may improve
Yes,Bob is right.Once the chrome is gone the braking improves no-end.Also,Kool-stop make a set of inserts especiallyfor rod brakes,that should help even more.
You don`t have to grind through the chrome,mine blew away in the first strong wind
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