[RBW] Re: New Tektro TRP Levers - Review

2013-06-09 Thread hangtownmatt
Thank You Irv. I'd gone there but must not have looked under accessories. Seems strange to me they'd consider replacement brake hoods an accessory. Oh well, I'm happy they are available. Matt On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 9:15:47 PM UTC-7, Irv wrote: Replacement hoods available here:

Re: [RBW] Re: New Tektro TRP Levers - Review

2013-06-07 Thread Toshi Takeuchi
The TRP levers are angled outwards, making it much much easier to brake. It can make a big difference on long descents. Toshi -- 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,

[RBW] Re: New Tektro TRP Levers - Review

2013-06-06 Thread Irv
Replacement hoods available here: http://www.trpbrakes.com/category.php?productid=1180catid=188subcat=0 On Monday, June 3, 2013 11:34:05 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: I splurged on the new Levers with Gum hoods. I had to swallow a bit on the price, especially since you can get the older

[RBW] Re: New Tektro TRP Levers - Review

2013-06-06 Thread Mike Schiller
I have a pair of the black ones with drilled levers. They work well but are a little thin for my hands compared to the SRAM S500's. I wrapped some extra cork bar tape around the base of the brake to fatten them up a bit. ~mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[RBW] Re: New Tektro TRP Levers - Review

2013-06-05 Thread hangtownmatt
I splurged also. I like them a lot and would like to keep them for a long long time. However, I've yet to find replacement gum hoods. Does anybody know if, or where, these are available? Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch

[RBW] Re: New Tektro TRP Levers - Review

2013-06-03 Thread RoadieRyan
Thanks for the review, and the prayer, I have a set of these on a partially built up Velo Orange Rando frame but have not used them yet so its nice to hear good things about them. I found them for a semi reasonable price at ebikestop.com but I agree they are on the spendy side. I was was