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by Unman 3449 days ago
For anyone interested, specialist tandem outfitters used to shave off the heat dissipation fins on old-style Arai drum brakes. The point of said brakes was not to dissipate heat, but to stop the tandem. It is true that very old tandems with rim brakes had heat-dissipation problems.

http://www.bikeforums.net/tandem-cycling/52661-shaving-arai-...