On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Ray <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > The brakes: I rode up to Hawk Hill, Marin Headlands since that was the > closest long grade near my home (just a 30-minute ride over the Golden > Gate Bridge). The back side of that climb is a very STEEP downgrade, > and a good test descent for the brakes (and my wrenching/adjusting > ability!). The mounting process was surprisingly easy, and they went > on quickly. Adjustment took just a couple of minutes for each set. > Fortunately, I put them on correctly, as I made it down the grade with > no problems. The brakes are a marked improvement over the Shimanos. > As the RBW blurb states, these brakes do "just feel right" and stopped > the 'Beam smoothly and with less lever pressure than was required on > the old brakes. They were silent, too! On the flats, there was no > noticeable difference between the two, but why would there be? > Downgrade, on fast slopes, these new brakes rule! Here's the link:
I've got the shimano cantis on my atlantis and I've considered the tektros, too. I've also got an old pair of mafac tandem cantis that I might swap in place. The shimano's drive me nutty. The front one still squeals, even with VO's squeal-free pad and they grip in odd ways, I've found. Maybe if it rains this weekend I'll try the mafacs and if those don't work I'll pick up a set of the tektros. thanks for the review. -sv -- 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-bu...@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.
