Cooling your brakes
Being from the east coast I've yet to encounter my brakes heating up enough to require pulling over to let them cool down, at least not that I know of. This summer/fall we're doing our first trip out ...
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2oldman wrote:Lynnmor wrote:You've got a real uphill battle on your hands here.
To generate extreme heat for intermittent periods is a sure road to disaster.
But I see his point- forget about top of Donner with 3 stage brakes you are just setting up a argument to fit your 'way of doing it'
Think about it two identical combos
-top of hill
-same weight
- same speed at top and at the bottom
how much energy needs to be blown off ?
same right?
so what is the best way of turning the energy into heat?
getting them red hot over and over?
or
Myself I stab them over and over ,(when I had a pick up) but I agree its a good way to damage disks or any metal.
