Count me among those with no enthusiasm for 55-73mm long reach caliper brakes. IME, much worse performance than medium 47-57mm reach brakes. In the medium reach format, one has several high quality brake options: Velo Orange Grand Cru, TRP 957, and Paul Racer M. In long reach calipers, especially now that the Paul Racer regulars have been discontinued, there are no high performance options to my knowledge.
I would have prefered sticking with the medium reach, or going to canti posts if wider than 38mm tires is a must. On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 8:38:54 AM UTC-7 Pancake wrote: > I was excited for a Charles H Gallop too, but no v-brakes means I’m out. > Wish I could snag that prototype, because that is just an ideal setup. > > But the Sam Hillborne also started with long reach brakes (like mine) and > eventually made its way to canti/V-brake posts so hopefully CHG goes the > same way and sooner than later. > > Abe > > On Sunday, 16 January 2022 at 09:38:06 UTC-8 Eric Daume wrote: > >> Yeah, I was really looking forward to the CHG, but the long reach brakes >> kill it for me. >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Sunday, January 16, 2022, Johnny Alien <johnny....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I am a little shocked that they are apparently bringing that change over >>> to the Charlie Gallop too. Instead of the V-brake/cantilever setup that the >>> previous prototype had. Since they are designing their own V brakes that >>> look to be quite nice it seems that they would push the bikes toward that. >>> The only reason I can think that they would make that change is because >>> sidepulls are a little more common on road style bikes. But making a >>> decision based only on aesthetics seems counter to how Rivendell normally >>> does things. >>> >>> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 11:48:38 AM UTC-5 Linda G wrote: >>> >>>> I'm so glad I bought my Roadini frame before this change! The 559 >>>> brakes do not work for me: poor power in dry conditions and unusable in >>>> wet. I find that 33mm tires have plenty of cush and 42's would probably >>>> create toe overlap on a 50 size frame. I'm grateful to have found a >>>> Rivendell frame that works for me. >>>> [image: DSC00040.JPG] >>>> >>>> On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 9:46:12 PM UTC-8 Eamon Nordquist wrote: >>>> >>>>> I saw today the announcement that the new Roadinis are niw designed >>>>> for R559 brakes and will easily clear 42 mm tires. Good news, as far as >>>>> I’m >>>>> concerned! The only thing I am slightly sad about is that they aren’t >>>>> coming in grilver, which is THE color for the Roadini, in my opinion. >>>>> That >>>>> may be influenced by my love for the silver gray imron paint on early >>>>> 80’s >>>>> Treks. Regardless, if I have a job by then, I may have to get one. >>>>> >>>>> Eamon >>>>> Seattle >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3c59b174-a426-402b-92b5-d0571e4711een%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3c59b174-a426-402b-92b5-d0571e4711een%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b006b41d-0f83-4156-8cb5-a41a378fe9cdn%40googlegroups.com.
