I LOVE my Paul Neo-Retros, just had to figure out the proper straddle cable height for my levers. No squeaks, ever.
Same for the Tektro/Silvers. Any stopping power differences between them and other brakes are lost on me. The junky Shimano cantis that come on the "Opposite of slow"-Beam are terrible, but I swapped out for Kool-stop pinkies and as Jim mentioned, nosies are now fun! Lots of squal though. Tried to get rid of it, but gave up and live with it. I ride exclusively in Sunny and Dry (tm) Southern California as opposed to the PNW. Might have some differences??? On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Andrew Karre <andrew.ka...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I'm beginning to think Jan Heine and I occupy different dimensions > when it comes to brakes. I'm not interested in the long-reach dual > pivot debate (I don't have any bikes with caliper-style brakes > anymore), but he always says Paul brakes squeal and my Paul brakes > never squeal, whereas in my experience his beloved Mafacs > (particularly the the cantis) squeal all the time without a perfect > setup. I love vintage centerpulls and cantis, Mafacs included, but > Paul brakes are a lot easier to setup, adjust, and maintain. > > As with many things I BQ, I think the tests point more to regional > terrain variation and user experience than strong empirical > difference. I would point to the agree-to-disagree conclusion on brake > levers in the BQ brakes issue as a good example of how those reviews > might best be done. > > On Feb 17, 9:24 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > In an emergency situation (police car pulled out in front of me) last > > summer on my former cobbled-together time-trial bike, I easily skidded > > both tires and nearly crashed using the Tektro 556 calipers and the > > stock pads on old tubular rims with an anodized brake surface. I've > > seen several references to these Tektro brakes being sub-par, but that > > hasn't been my experience. I like (and sell) BQ, but these tests are > > starting to drive me nuts. One day: "these are great tires/brakes/ > > whatever" and then the test is published, and: "I knew there was > > something wrong with those tires/brakes/whatever!" > > > > On Feb 17, 6:48 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 22:41 -0800, rob markwardt wrote: > > > > Thanks. One of the reasons I asked is because I have a set of the > Cane > > > > Creek/Tektro levers ready to go. I have them on my Bleriot and > really > > > > like the feel...I might swap the calipers anyway just cause I like > the > > > > name Bigmouth! > > > > > On the other hand, you may not be thrilled with the performance. I > > > don't know about the Bigmouth, but some of the dual pivot long reach > > > sidepulls offer less satisfactory performance than the Shimano (see the > > > test in the current Bicycle Quarterly). > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
