Hey Adam. I've gotta think plenty of Silver/Tektro calipers are in use with Shimano aero levers. I would suspect the cable housing. Are the ends cut cleanly and squared off, with a file if necessary? Are you using metal housing end caps where they fit or at least the plastic ones? I would recommend using some so-called "compressionless" housing, kind of a brake/derailleur hybrid. SRAM and Jagwire both make it, probably others do as well. Also, you want the pads reasonably close to the rims, I'd say 2-3mm clearance.
HTH, Doug P.S. The Tektro/Silvers are on the flexy side due to their length, but should still give reasonable performance if set up right. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Adam Kimball <adamfkimb...@gmail.com>wrote: > Wow, I'm not having much luck in the brake department with my new > ride. I set up my Hilsen with Silver brakes and found that they > simply wouldn't stop me - I could have both levers to the tape and > still roll. So, I changed to Paul Racer's on the advice of my LBS and > found that the situation really isn't much better. Here is where my > thinking is at: > > * I'm seeing a lot of flex in the brakes themselves and at the cable > hangers. The rear brake is worse than the front (as is usually the > case) but I suspect the inline barrel adjuster and the rear cable > hanger (light-weight aluminum one that hangs of the seat-post bolt) is > flexing too much. > > * I've brought the yokes up pretty high - I can get them higher, but > not much. So, I'm not certain this is the problem. > > * Brake-pads are the standard black Kool-Stops and I would have to > assume they are not the problem > > * My Dura-Ace brake levers are incredibly squishy. This is one piece > of the equation that is common to both setups (Silvers & Racers). The > Racer brakes are indeed short-pull so those road levers should be fine > - but I've suspected them before. > > Another mechanic took a look at the brakes and road the bike today. > He agreed that the brakes are massively under performing. He thought > that a "travel agent" might help to pull more cable. He also wanted > to re-cable since I cut the rear cable a little short. He wanted me > to find out if Paul makes a stiffener that attaches to the calipers. > > Does anyone have any other ideas for me? I don't have another AHH to > ride, so it is hard for me to know just how bad my brakes are. Keven > at Rivendell didn't think the Racer's are much better than the Silvers > for braking (and he has a pair on his Hilsen) and so he wondered what > the other problem might be. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Adam > -- 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.
