We were kind of hijacking Bill's new canti-Roa bike post with discussion
about brakes, pad material, and rims so I decided to start a new one to
continue. Bill has stated that in his experience over the years as a
mechanic he was required to address all kinds of issues from cyclists
I'm looking at the 56 cm blue single-top-tube Sam frames on the RBW site
and wondering which brakes they take. Are they all now the Silvers? Don't
seem to see any canti posts in the photos. Thanks, -- Forrest (Chicago)
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On Sunday I took a nice 20 mile bike ride on the Los Gatos Creek Trail on
my Betty. At the end of the outbound leg, there are two steep climbs, one
on dirt (avg. 16%) and one on pavement that is longer (avg. 13%).
The Betty is equiped with Tektro 4.1 reverse brake levers, a front Paul
Racer brake
When I built my Sam last summer I selected what I thought were
reasonably priced drive train components that function reasonably
well. One result I am less than extatic about is brakes, which are
Deore v-brakes with kool stop pads and the Tektro drop bar levers that
work with vees. This
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Jay in Tel Aviv jayin...@gmail.comwrote:
So, what am I doing wrong and what can be done to fix it? A different
typre of brake? A different model? Different levers and j-tek
thingies?
I've tried Tektro and DiaCompe drop bar levers for v-brakes, and I've tried
Folks, I'm clearing out parts from my stash that I don't see an
immediate need for and so am selling.
I'm putting them up here before going to e-bay.
All brakes are used but in excellent to mint condition.
Prices do not include shipping.
Shimano 600ex nutted. Excellent campy copy from the 80's $20
