02GF74
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 10:34 AM |
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OMG look at these brake calipers!!
German engineering at it's best!!
8 pot, for mountian bike!! 
Dear Santa,
I've been a good boy pwease send me one of these. I pwomise to be good and only post interwesting stuff on the forum.
thanky.
02.
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 10:42 AM |
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I can do stoppies with my "V" brakes, how far would one of those throw you ? 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 10:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
I can do stoppies with my "V" brakes, how far would one of those throw you ?
my thoughts exactly, I have cable operated disks on mine and I certainly don't need more braking, especially when off road...
god the chavs have got into push bikes now...next we'll have neon lights and huge tailpipes 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 10:50 AM |
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This looks good though but I bet it is hugely expensive and looks more than a tad over engineered hmm
might need an engine, didn't they learn about complexity vs reliability from the tiger tank...
[Edited on 16/12/08 by Mr Whippy]
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stevec
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 10:51 AM |
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They would probably argue its about controlled braking.
You can ram a stick through your front wheel and stop dead.
Steve.
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02GF74
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 10:51 AM |
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The brochure shows a pair of these mounted to a fork!
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Ivan
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 11:13 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
The brochure shows a pair of these mounted to a fork!
To a fork, Why?? to get you to eat slower? - I'll get my coat.
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scootz
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 11:39 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
This looks good though but I bet it is hugely expensive and looks more than a tad over engineered hmm
might need an engine, didn't they learn about complexity vs reliability from the tiger tank...
That is a fatal accident just waiting to happen!
Always shudder when I see those contraptions on the highways!
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 12:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I bet it is hugely expensive and looks more than a tad over engineered hmm
[Edited on 16/12/08 by Mr Whippy]
Tell me about it!! Our parent company is from the "Motherland"
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tegwin
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 12:58 PM |
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German engineering...
you need proper British engineering!!
Hope 6TI
Single casting....
[Edited on 16/12/08 by tegwin]
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Liam
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| posted on 16/12/08 at 01:41 PM |
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Blimey!! And i thought push-bike brakes were getting a bit silly with Hope M4s!
OK a pro on the steepest, knarliest DH run in the world might, just might, need that kind of stopping power under one finger, but I suspect most of
those will end up on the bikes of the posing loosers who ride along to a local jump spot to show off their rides, debating among themselves whether or
not they dare try that 6" drop . Knobs
My old Hope Minis are more than enough for me.
Liam
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