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@hovis left his on for a while, but I think has since removed it. I took mine off before the bike saw any serious use and haven't really felt the need for the kind of braking it offers. There was only really one time last year I felt that v-brakes weren't enough (going down a twisty twisty mountain, on shit road surface), but the two years previous doing Dartmoor in the wet they were utterly, utterly, dangerously useless. Didn't die, though!
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Any current Tandemers care to comment on how much use they got from their rear drum brake?
I believe that Mrak took his off as he didn't think it was needed, just wondering about the best brakes available for this project - suspect 203mm discs front and rear with R-785 shifters/calipers, and maybe a V-brake on the rear as a parking brake type arrangement might do it.