Hi Graham,
I do not think that the caliper will clear the tunnel on the XS if you
rotate it around. It's VERY tight in there now. I've talked with people who
are having trouble with the tire / brake cylinder hitting on retraction.
And thats a lot smaller. The XS doesn't have all that nice room to fiddle
around in there like ours do!
Jim Thursby
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From: owner-europa@ns1.avnet.co.uk
Subject: Re: Monowheel Brake Caliper Orientation
I am building an XS monowheel Europa and I am just fitting the
mainwheel and brake assembly - has anyone had a problem with the positioning
of the disc brake caliper. In the manual, XS issue 1, page 28-15 shows the
brake caliper positioned approximately 30 degrees off the centreline of
LG02, such that with the mainwheel retracted, the brake assembly is inside
the wheelwell. Later, on page 29-9, the caliper is shown at 90 degrees to
the LG02 centreline - which means that the caliper will be just below the
wheelwell with the mainwheel retracted. As the mainwheel will not retract
fully (without some radical surgery) with the brake caliper submerged, I
suspect that the latter illustration on Page 29-9 is the correct one - can
anyone confirm this?
regards,
Mike Parkin (312, G-JULZ)
The brake caliper needs to be positioned so that it is more or less
horizontal when the wheel is down. In the "as plans" Classic position, (I
don't have a set of XS plans) it will trash the tyre if you are unlucky and
get a puncture. Some minor surgery is necessary to achieve the better
position by rotating the cliper 120 degrees aft. Worth the effort, IMHO.
Graham
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size3>Hi Graham,
nice room to fiddle around in there like ours do!
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Thursby
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Behalf Of Graham Singleton
PM
Monowheel Brake Caliper Orientation
centreline - which means that the caliper will be just below the
correct one - can anyone confirm this?
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regards,
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(312, G-JULZ)
IMHO.
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