This was just discussed in the Charlie H Gallop proto thread. Some people like those brakes, some people find them weak. I’m in the latter group. I wouldn’t commit to such an expensive frame that is limited to those brakes. My experience with long reach calipers is almost universally bad, especially in the wet.
Eric On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Hoch in ut <cacka...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m window shopping for the next project and was interested in the Homer. > Great looking frame. My only concern is the brakes. I live in a pretty > mountainous area. Meaning plenty of long, fast descents. > > Those of you with Homers, how have you liked or disliked the brakes? Do > the 559’s give you adequate performance to descend with confidence? One > thing I do like about caliper brakes are how easy they are to set up and > adjust. > Thanks for any input. > > -- > 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/363acf94-a286-4dae-83c1- > ae6f941ad18bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/363acf94-a286-4dae-83c1-ae6f941ad18bn%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/CAHFNW5Dej8Pgxq5KmKMzcH5Kh24HeMNoq4DCJVVm%2BF_XaT-6Gg%40mail.gmail.com.
