Manco Chopper band brake on the rear wheel doesn't stop worth a crap.
I thought it might be the powder coated brake drum contaminating the brake band, but I disassembled it today, cleaned off all the powder coating from the drum surface and brake band material, put it all back together and it still doesn't want to stop...
Cable is tight, but you just can't squeeze the brake lever hard enough to get good stopage.
It's almost like the lever system doesn't have enough mechanical advantage to clamp the band tight enough to stop the thing.
mardyn
I thought it might be the powder coated brake drum contaminating the brake band, but I disassembled it today, cleaned off all the powder coating from the drum surface and brake band material, put it all back together and it still doesn't want to stop...
Cable is tight, but you just can't squeeze the brake lever hard enough to get good stopage.
It's almost like the lever system doesn't have enough mechanical advantage to clamp the band tight enough to stop the thing.
mardyn