I'm surprised there's so much love for the CR720s here. I had these on my 'cross bike for two races, and they were terrible: lots of hand force for almost no stopping power (and yes, I had the straddle cable set pretty low). They may offer more mud clearance, but I think there's a reason mountain bikes went away from these in the late 80s.
They were also quite a bit more fiddly to set up, again like old cantis were with the bolted cable hangers. I put the old Oryx brakes back on, and they were remarkably more powerful. Eric Daume Dublin, OH On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:37 AM, newenglandbike <[email protected]>wrote: > I also have a Quickbeam and I'm using Tektro CR720 brakes- I can't > recommend them enough! Though they are slightly larger in the > lateral direction, they are shorter in the vertical direction than, > say, the Shimano cantis. However the geometry of these brakes seems > to make a huge positive difference in braking power. > > On Nov 30, 8:34 am, Ray Shine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I can't agree more with Angus and others about the beefier brakes. > That's my next project and upgrade, probably with Tektro CR720s. > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" 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/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
