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X-Brake
tonycougar:
All the advice I was ever told was they are not as good as a well adjusted drum brake. Admittedly the drum brakes need a lot of service-ing, especially if you go off road, and maybe the time cost of all the service-ing could outway the cost of buying an Xbrake. Somebody once told me they eventually go rusty due to them being a disc and not being used all the time, and hence cleaned all the time, like a normal disc brake.
Disco-Ron:
--- Quote from: "tonycougar" ---All the advice I was ever told was they are not as good as a well adjusted drum brake. Admittedly the drum brakes need a lot of service-ing, especially if you go off road, and maybe the time cost of all the service-ing could outway the cost of buying an Xbrake. Somebody once told me they eventually go rusty due to them being a disc and not being used all the time, and hence cleaned all the time, like a normal disc brake.
--- End quote ---
Simple answer to that... just ease the lever up for a few seconds each journey./....
tonycougar:
Good thinking. Think I might buy one now. I'm sick of taking the handbrake drum to bits to clean it. :?
thermidorthelobster:
After reading this thread, I was jolted into ordering one. Should be fitting it Friday :)
TDi90:
you really wont regret it lobster, they are a cracking bit of kit!
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