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My LBS has helped me ‘upgrade’ my Roadini by swapping the Sword brifters for separate brake levers and bar-end shifters.
I’ve only ridden it home from the shop so far, but I am very much enjoying the feel of the RRL levers. I think they suit the Noodle bars much better than the Sword brifters, which felt a bit large and long for my hands on this setup.
Bar end shifting is fun too. I enjoy the tactility! The rear shifter is actually an indexed 10 speed one designed to work with Sword.
Bar tape to come after I ride it like this for a week or two so we can dial in the lever positions.
Tweaking bike setups is fun!
On Friday, 23 May 2025 at 13:34:45 UTC+10 Dan wrote:
Thanks Ted.
Your logic is sound. I might try some road pad holders with Kool Stop Dura 2 inserts when I feel like having a play with the brakes again. They look like they have a slightly narrower pad contact width too.
Regards,
Daniel
> 23/5/2025 12:06、Ted Durant <[email protected]>のメール:
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>> On May 22, 2025, at 8:15 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Ted, Jason:
>> The problem isn't so much the width of the rims, but the height of the brake track
> I see in the photos you have Paul brakes with long pads. My experience has been with Silver/Tektro dual-pivot brakes with short road pads. So there are two possible contributing factors. One would be flexing of the Paul caliper arms, which would be greater than what you’d experience if the brake calipers were directly mounted to the frame. I don’t know if they flex more than the dual-pivot brakes I have used. Some people have complained about the amount of flex but I never felt it was an issue.
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> The second issue would be the long brake pads. Out the gates, those pads will need more brake track height because they are straight and the brake track curves. In addition, the greater length means the ends will travel farther than the ends of short pads for a given amount of caliper flex.
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> If it were me I’d try some short road pads on those brakes.
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> Ted Durant
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