Originally posted by JVT:
Why wouldn't we have a tiny ass caliper (using the same amount of pressure as what we have now) with a 1" x 1" brake pad? Theoretically, using your logic, it would brake the same... Absolutely false...
John
No. Have you ever used a bench-top grinder? It's motor works just as much when you shove a 0.25" rod into the grinding wheel as it does when you force a huge block into the wheel with the same pressure. Yeah, the .25" rod wears down a hell of a lot quicker, but it generates the same friction at the same force. It's the same principle. While a 1x1" brake pad could theoretically stop with the same power, most of us don't want to change our brake pads every week. The modulation will also be horrible, even though the force to lock up the wheels is there.
