Oh this is going to be good!
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 28, 2024, at 11:01 AM, P W <philip.m.wa...@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh, it definitely is!
And was one of my very first (and easy) decisions when I began planning and collecting for my build.
Admittedly, they work best when direct mounted, but I’ve never felt they lacked for braking power running as center mounts instead. Especially not on road.
They’re also one of the suggestions Riv makes for brake options on the Uno frame set page.
I do understand how they might be a financial concern for people tho - they’re not exactly cheap!
Although they do tend to come up on the secondhand market often.
On Jun 28, 2024, at 6:56 AM, dane...@gmail.com <daneeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hmm... I live somewhere hilly (Vermont) and ride my roadini on everything granted the pads on the 559s on the roadini are high in the slot nd i swapped out for Kool Stops. Not arguing that they are the most powerful brakes ever but they seem to do the job.
-Dan
On Friday, June 28, 2024 at 9:51:24 AM UTC-4 DavidP wrote:
A Paul Racer (or other centerpull) could be used on a RoadUno (or Homer, Roadini, etc.), you'd just need to add cable hangers at the headset/stem and seat binder bolt.
My primary road bike is a Malocchio with 559s and fenders. I also have a Pescadero with maxed out GC610 centerpulls. I've had these bikes setup with the same fenders, wheels, and tires (moved most of the parts from the Pescadero to the Malocchio frame when I got it). Breaking performance between the two setups seems about the same to me and has been perfectly adequate even when caught in a downpour on the 559s, but (1) I'm fairly light and live in an area with rolling hills and (2) the 559s are not maxed out on the front of the Malocchio.
Riv says the RoadUno takes 46mm without a fender and 43mm with - maybe they haven't actually set one up with 43s and 559s but that doesn't sound problematic to me and my experience with 559s and fenders hasn't been problematic.
I like the RoadUno and am looking forward to seeing the builds, but am not planning on getting one. My RoadUno proxy is a Handsome Devil with 38s, fenders, and cantilevers, built up this spring and soon to be converted to 3x1. It also brakes fine.
-Dave
On Friday, June 28, 2024 at 9:37:02 AM UTC-4 Richard Rose wrote:
Is the Paul Racer not an option on these bikes? Sent from my iPhone I'm going to write it down to see if I'm the only one who thinks the following:
(i) I'm glad the Tektro 559s are available. Even with the pads all the way down, they allow "OK" braking even with the factory pads. I'm not sure I'd be happy if I lived where it's hilly. (ii) Fenders are problematic because the 559s provide obstacles much lower than the brake bridge/fork crown. Notably, there's a spring sticking down; the silver Roaduno pictures show that clearly. (iii) Braking is better with Cantis, much better with V brakes. Overall I prefer cantilever, for the versatility. For sure, I was in the hunq camp, but I get why a slightly lighter weight option makes sense. I would have been happy with a SS Hillborne as canti’s would have allowed for just a little bit more tire/fender clearance, I was still tempted when I saw that 650b was the wheel size for my size frame as that’d be different than what I have, but the LR brakes kill it for me.
On Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 9:51:07 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote:
It's clear lots of people wanted a single speed Appaloosa or a single speed Hunqapillar. It's natural for those people to be sad that Rivendell offered a single speed A. Homer Hilsen instead. Those who wanted a single speed A Homer Hilsen are presumably pleased.
Bill Lindsay On Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6:13:07 PM UTC-7 brendonoid wrote:
Another Riv that excited me until the inexplicable change to sidepulls.
I think I know why Riv has done this twice now but damn it is annoying.
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