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gbj_tester in reply to @ffm

the actual braking force is through the dropout.

The P-clip pulls down on the chainstay. Given how little torque it takes to lock the rear wheel, it's not a big load; if your chainstay can't take it, you have bigger problems than brake torque reaction 🙂

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ffm in reply to @gbj_tester

if your chainstay can't take it, you have bigger problems than brake torque reaction

Very true! Presumably the actual retarding force on the bike i.e., the horizontal force, is though the dropout though, as it is with all brakes.

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gbj_tester in reply to @ffm

the horizontal force, is though the dropout

Yeah, but the pull down on the stay is actually larger (roughly double) than the pull back on the dropout, because levers.

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