It's not surprising to me that Pauls would be better than the 720s. I know they (Tektro 720s) have a dedicated following; I can't understand why. In my experience, they were mediocre stoppers, replaced quickly by Shimano CX70s and then by mini-Vs.
I just replaced some budget Shimano cantis on my commuter with Velo Orange Zeste brakes and they're amazing. For the $70 I paid, miraculous even. Hard to imagine that Pauls would be better. Will On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 5:03:24 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > I swapped Tektro C 720s for Paul cantis, Touring in the rear, Neo Retro in > front, after I experienced severe squeal and judder in the front with the > Tektros. The bike in question is a 58 cm c-c built for 26"/559 mm bsd > wheels, so the steerer is hugely long. > > I got the Tektros to work sufficiently well by toeing them in at an absurd > angle, but the Pauls (using the same salmon pads) stop a wee bit better, > with normal toe in, and judder in front is reduced to a fugitive whisper. > And of course the Pauls are so easy to set up. > > Are the Pauls worth 5X the Tektros? IMO, the Tektros look better -- more > svelte, more shiny, at least when you remove the logo (tho' the careful > engineering and quality materials of the Pauls have their own aesthetic > merits) -- and are lighter (for what *that's* worth, but Bill would > approve) and in most situations I'd choose the Tektros over the Pauls > simply for looks and function, leaving aside price. > > But for a situation like mine, where the more precise machining eliminates > squeal and minimizes judder, I willingly paid 500% more for Pauls. > > Note that I found both with Tektros and Pauls that I had to use them for ~ > 1K miles before the pads bedded in and I got maximum braking. > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage,* > > *Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like* > > *A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes* > > *With words that made them known.* > -- 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/002dadd0-06e6-448d-a449-3c91f952c7aan%40googlegroups.com.
