Originally Posted by
Sammyboy
I'm torn on this now, a little. I have a pair of dual pivot brakes with the reach I need, but I also am watching a rollerbrake which looks likely to come up very cheap. Part of me is tempted to buy it, and stick it on there.
I think you'll like the stopping power of roller brake. What you won't like is that it's a pain in the neck to take the back wheel off the bike; you have to loosen or undo a bolt to a strap around the left chain stay, and pull the cable off the brake, which is never as easy as you'd think it would be -- hard to get the right leverage on it. And all this on poorly finished parts that are prone to rust and hard to replace.