And you thought it would never happen
06-03-21, 08:53 AM
#76
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Originally Posted by PeteHski
As someone else pointed out earlier, what failsafe do you have on a cable rim brake? If the cable fails there is no back-up (except for the other brake of course!). Now I would fully expect this new fangled electronic system to have a mechanical connection (which it very much looks like it does) and again you have 2 brakes anyway, so there is always some redundancy.
Same applies with hydraulic disc brakes. Your only failsafe is in having 2 independent brakes.
Same applies with hydraulic disc brakes. Your only failsafe is in having 2 independent brakes.
06-03-21, 05:22 PM
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Hopefully it can be configured to brake when pedaling backwards.
