http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs.nsf/updateframesetcall?openform&09caliPr
Couple of pics in there (Rock Racing). Don’t see the obvious cable from a behind-the-fork mount. Inside of the fork blades? No good side profile pics yet…
Sharad, post some pics!!!
I think Rock Racing actually uses the new Fuji TT bike, which has the front brake behind the fork.
It’s one of the TRP side pulls. They run the cable under the fork crown and up through the steer tube, if I remember correctly…
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In the head on photo of Tyler you can clearly see the brake pads - behind the fork (or are they in the blades?)
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Fredly is absolutely right on. The brake cable runs through the headset, then loops around for the pull on the right side. The brake is behind the fork. Here’s a close-up of Tyler’s bike which kind of shows it. UNfortunately, I didn’t photo the brake sepcifically, so you can’t really see everything:
Ha, I had the same brake on my Redline RL20II as well as a few GT Pro Freestyle Tour’s and a Quad Angle I think (few others as well). Now that Tri is copying freestyle, I think it is high time that someone does a cherry picker on a P4.
No secrets, RR is racing on the D-6 until my new TT bike is ready. My Airfoil and Talons are UCI legal so I had to hit my sister company up to borrow some bikes.
The D-6 hides the brake behind and in the cavity of the fork and then runs the cable down through what we used to call a Potts Mod bolt. Very similar to what freestyle BMX bikes uses in the day.
For their road bikes, RT 800 and RT 900’s is their bike of choice. RT 800 for TOC and then they get their RT 900’s in a few weeks. The RT 900 uses a different carbon to make it lighter and the carbon layup is designed to make the bike stiffer as requested from some of the riders.
Hope that clears things up.
Where are you getting the bolts for the stems? I would imagine that you use one bolt to adjust, clamp the stem to the fork and get out the hollow one for the cable? When I have seen this in this in the past it was with a wedge style stem and steel bolt. (or is this a steel bolt?)…then, is there cable stays on the fork as there is on Freestyle bikes with a rotor? I know for a fact that on the freestyle bikes braking was hurt by the design and I would bet the loop in the housing and the friction involved…any issues with that?
I only consulted on the D-6, didn’t design the bike so not sure all the details. The system uses a custom top cap and compression plug so it’s not like the old days with the long bolt. The Fuji guy had our factory in China design this. I’m actually sitting next to the engineer in China right now. Very smart guy!
The braking system isn’t really effected since the cable maintains a smooth line throughout. It does work quite well. I’m 6’ 5" and 220 and it stopped me. I road Matty’s bike when we were in HI together. It takes some adjustment from the shop to get it dialed in but the Tektro brake springs are very strong and provide good stopping. I recommend a good quality cable and housing and you won’t have any issues…
Steven,
So which is faster, D-6 or Airfoil Pro?
Discussion of the Rock Racing TT bikes in this article:
Where are the Airfoils and Talons going to be built? When will they be out?
From Cyclingnews.com
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What bike are you riding this season?
The D-6 looks sharp!
The D-6 looks even better in person. I seriously want one. Even the nude prototype frames looked hot. Only problem I can see is that I won’t have the bike as an excuse if I don’t do well.
I fully expect Matty Reed to rock on this bike.
As much as I like the D-6, that cable through the top cap just looks horrible, IMO. I would think it would work even better to just route the cable down behind the stem with the other cables, and have it come straight out through the bottom. You could even make it a center pull brake, instead of a side-pull, so that there wouldn’t be a cable sticking out the side of the brake.
Talons and Airfoils are out now. Talons are in stock as we speak. Airfoils we only received 10 on the first run and sold them right away. I’m actually watching them build the next run now. They will arrive in USA in 4-5 weeks. We do have some framesets in the USA now but very limited quantity.
Sharad,
With the newly designed Airfoil, any challenges/delays with the first production run of Airfoils? I’m a long-time Kestrel rider looking at an '09 Airfoil. I was told “late April” before Airfoils are shipping to bike shops in the U.S. Any comments/thoughts/estimates greatly appreciated.
Define Challenges 
In the bike business there are always many.
New Airfoil is 100% improved over past designs. Lighter, stronger and more aero then previous models. The construction change allows for a much stronger frame and it allowed us to reduce some needed weight.
I’m literally watching the production now in China at our factory so we are on schedule. They will need to be shipped to our factory in Taiwan for assembly and then to the USA.
Mid April is a safe delivery time.
One day I need to video tape the entire process so everyone can see how much work goes into the production of our frames. It really is a very cool process.