The reason the campy record levers are better is that they are made from an insulator, and so don't draw heat from your hands when it gets cold. On our very first cold descent in the alps they paid for themselves.
On 10/9/08, landotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tektro R200 brake levers are non-shifting clones of campy Ergos with > QRs and cost a mere $25 US. > > On Oct 9, 12:53 am, "Piaw Na(蓝俊彪)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Use the trick that John Bayley taught me: use Campy brake levers which >> have a QR in the brake lever, and then you can use both QRs and end up >> with a super wide range. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 1:36 AM, landotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > I can squeak 32mm tires past my 521AGs as long as they're not adjusted >> > too tight, FWIW. Combined with some QR Tektro levers--you can run some >> > 35-40mm tires and get them out w/o deflation, no probs. >> >> > On Oct 8, 6:23 pm, Horace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> The R750 is carbon (and costs $180). >> >> The quick release on the R538 opens wider than the qr on the the other >> >> two >> >> brakes, so that brakeset would work better if you're running fat tires >> >> on >> >> skinny rims (eg 700x32c on OpenPros). >> >> >> Horace. >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> > Hello >> >> > I've been looking for a 57mm reach brakeset and see that Tektro makes >> >> > an R538, an R750, and a 521AG. HOw do these differ? >> >> > Thank you >> >> > Marc Rosenbaum >> >> -- >> Piaw Nahttp://piaw.blogspot.com > > > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Piaw Na http://piaw.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
