I'd like to add I think the 980s are a great looking brake, nice for the price, classic, innocuous, they check a lot of boxes.
If you can find 'em in stock in silver I'd say pick them up, you can't go wrong. On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 10:24:32 AM UTC-5 Eric Marth wrote: > Hey strong +1 that the Tektro Oryx brakes are terrible. Had a set on my > Surly LHT. > > Here is a pic of the same LHT with 980s right before I sold it. > > [image: surly01.jpg] > > [image: surly03.jpg] > > On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:07:00 PM UTC-5 Mike Godwin wrote: > >> Hi John S >> >> Erik Billings who did the braze-on mods and other frame stuff, I asked >> him to make a rigid longer drop cable hanger. It is chro-mo tubing, >> probably seat stay tube with a 6 mm barrel braze-on. Erik made two of them, >> one went to someone on the i-bob, 650b, or Riv list. Powder coated aluminum >> color when the frame was done in green. He also made a couple of "paper >> clip" style rear cable hangers - longer than Nitto or SOMA - that hangs >> from the seat post clamp bolt. >> >> Mike SLO CA >> On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 6:36:48 PM UTC-8 John Bokman wrote: >> >>> King of Mercia? >>> >>> Tubing specs by chance? 753? 853? >>> >>> Looks like standard diameter tubing? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 5:47:40 PM UTC-8 RichS wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you John, I appreciate it! >>>> -Rich >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 8:39 PM, John Bokman <jpbc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Gorgeous Mercian, Rich! >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 9:57:41 AM UTC-8 RichS wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> My Mercian with the 980s. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Rich in ATL >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 6:54:32 PM UTC-5 JohnS wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello Mike with the Bob Jackson. Nice looking bike. What front cable >>>>>>> hanger is that? I never seen one like it before. >>>>>>> On Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 12:23:01 PM UTC-5 >>>>>>> alexander...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Got some for the Miyata Triple cross I built as a 2 speed a little >>>>>>>> while back - I've loved them so far. Easy set up and good performance. >>>>>>>> [image: PXL_20221020_032052542.jpg] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 9:33:34 AM UTC-6 jad...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> thinking of replacing my Tektro Oryx's (because the sux) with some >>>>>>>>> 980's. Like to see how they look in the real world.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/DCpSIaV3nJQ/unsubscribe >>>>> . >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/9864629b-37b4-4610-b89b-1ed2e341f8den%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9864629b-37b4-4610-b89b-1ed2e341f8den%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/d739ef1b-f3f9-4fe5-a613-e395de64469an%40googlegroups.com.
