I had a similar problem with the silver brakes on my AHH when new. I
was using Ultegra levers and they definitely felt mushy. After some
months and putting in a lot of miles on the bike, I noticed that the
problem had completely disappeared. The bike would stop on a dime
with very little flexy
The Silver/Tiagra lever combo has been working well. It's hard to
diagnose the problem online, of course, but there's nothing inherent
'bout the 'bo that ought to make anything funky. There are differences
in feel flex among brakes, but the differences are by faaa
most noticeable when
Haven't read the whole thread, but I second this comment, with the
additional note that i find it actually very difficult to square cable
housing well with a file. Use a dremel tool or grind stone to do the
job really well. Sheldon brown has some good photos of well-squared
housing ends for
there's nothing inherent
'bout the 'bo that ought to make anything funky
Using my Grant decoder ring, I'll guess that 'bout the 'bo
translates to about the combination.
FWIW I bought the OP's Silvers, so any advice about how to make the
Silvers work better are pretty much moot. I'm confident
FWIW I've found it's not necessary to have a perfectly square
cable end. I've driven myself nuts trying to do it, but then realized
as long as the cut is clean, the angle doesn't have to be perfectly
square. This is based on my many trials and errors. The most useful
tool I have is one I'm
On Sep 13, 5:21 pm, Adam Kimball adamfkimb...@gmail.com wrote:
** My Dura-Ace brake levers are incredibly squishy**
Thanks,
Adam
You really need to pursue this, either the levers don't have the
correct pull, or there is drag in the cabling. Or a combo of both.
If the cable is the
P.S. The Tektro/Silvers are on the flexy side due to their length, but
should still give reasonable performance if set up right.
I have been thinking about getting a Hilsen 650B frame but am worried
about the Silver caliper flex. I definitely want to use Hetres on my
650B. With fenders seems
Adam-
I'll throw in my 2 cents.
Ideally, every bit of force you apply to the lever should be
transmitted to the brake pad.
Any part of your system that flexes is actually indicating a place
where your efforts are being used to bend metal, and are not making it
to the pads. (Cable or pivot
Wait a mintute though ,we're talking about Silver Caliper brakes yes?
If so, what's all the talk about canti geometry and yokes?
The problem is not the brakes, it's either some drag in the line or
the levers themselves. Calipers are calipers, if you squeeze them in
your hand they should spring
on 9/14/10 11:07 AM, Garth at garth...@gmail.com wrote:
Wait a mintute though ,we're talking about Silver Caliper brakes yes?
If so, what's all the talk about canti geometry and yokes?
The problem is not the brakes, it's either some drag in the line or
the levers themselves. Calipers are
Adam
A travel agent won't help. It is designed for linear pull brakes.
Is it possible that you used derailleur cable housing instead of brake
housing?
Is it possible that the brake housing isn't properly seated in the
brake lever bodies?
On Sep 13, 2:27 pm, James Warren
I certainly can't give you a definitive answer, but I can share my
experience. I had a bike with Shimano canti brakes and Ultegra
levers. The stopping power was frighteningly poor. First I switched
to a set of paul's neo retros and that helped smewhat. Then I
replaced the Ultegraa Brifters
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 16:34 -0700, MichaelH wrote:
I have come to the
conclusion that Shimano levers simply don't draw enough cable to work
reliably with anything other than short reach shimano brakes.
I don't know about brifters - I've never used them - but Shimano aero
brake levers work
Hey Adam,
I've never worked with the Silvers or the Pauls, but I work on a lot
of older 80's road bikes and often encounter squishy brakes. Are the
levers returning to their position because if not it may be a cable
issue, but it doesn't sound like it. Are your wheels out of true?
because if so
Hi James! :-)
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:42 PM, meinertj meine...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey Adam,
I've never worked with the Silvers or the Pauls, but I work on a lot
of older 80's road bikes and often encounter squishy brakes. Are the
levers returning to their position because if not it may be
I have had a few occasions of poor brake set-up in general, but I have never
had poor brake performance when using the Shimano Tiagra levers that Rivendell
sells. And this has been Tiagra levers with cantilevers and with longreach
sidepulls, one of each of these set-ups currently in action
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