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Date:         Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:08:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
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From:         Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Comments on Splittie
Comments: To: Mike Blotz <Mike.Blotz@PEARLIZUMI.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <C06D93BD898DD6119FA800A02461E32B100C9F@evans.pearlizumi.co m>
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>ok--the brakes--properly adjusted brakes are very adequet--gotta remember
>they are vintage 66. ever try to stop a 66 muscle car--not an easy task
>either. I live nine miles up with 3200 ft elevation gain on a twisty
>mountain road. i've never had a brake issue--just gotta hang back from the
>car in front of you. If I want to drive a sports car--I drive the sports car
>(enter my 68 karmann ghia--absolute dream to drive in the mountains). Gotta
>remeber that these are not self adjusting brakes--gotta manually do it every
>so often.


Question: are those single circuit brakes or dual circuit?


Just curious. BIG topic of discussion on another list recently.




Ciao!


Chris Mills
Cookeville, Tennessee
ICQ# 5944649
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