Then I must hope that Vibrac will elaborate on his comment
"Any one who saw the result of a Brampton with a LH cable a pot hole and some vigerous forward motion that occured to a good friend of mine this summer will soon sort their cable run. The violent upward rise of the forks jammed the brakes on, tore the brake stop pin from the plate and sent the rider to hospital. Sometimes following the original design is not just an arm chair riders sport. "
Because I did not see the event...
Is the problem in the geometry of having the long cable go to the left side for some reason (although it seems to me it would work the same on either side)?
Or was it routed in some way that was otherwise detrimental to braking when hitting a pothole?
E.g. caught on the headlamp when hitting a pothole (the implication of Albervin's most recent comment) - I think. I would like to understand what the issue was. Thank you.
"Any one who saw the result of a Brampton with a LH cable a pot hole and some vigerous forward motion that occured to a good friend of mine this summer will soon sort their cable run. The violent upward rise of the forks jammed the brakes on, tore the brake stop pin from the plate and sent the rider to hospital. Sometimes following the original design is not just an arm chair riders sport. "
Because I did not see the event...
Is the problem in the geometry of having the long cable go to the left side for some reason (although it seems to me it would work the same on either side)?
Or was it routed in some way that was otherwise detrimental to braking when hitting a pothole?
E.g. caught on the headlamp when hitting a pothole (the implication of Albervin's most recent comment) - I think. I would like to understand what the issue was. Thank you.