BTW, when did the "brake issue" of BQ come out? I should be all paid up, but haven't received it yet...
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:05 PM, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
