The mini moto is a great brake, at least on my bike, which I use for road riding, commuting, and occasional "gravel grinding"..
I replaced a Tektro R6 mini-V on the front of my Lynskey ProCross (Alpha Q CX 10 fork; Shimano Ultegra 6700 levers; Mavic CXP33 and, sometimes, A719 rims; Continental 28mm GP 4-seasons tyres and, sometimes, Schwalbe Marathon 28mm tyres; Shimano cables & housing) with a mini-moto. The Tektro has, I think, 90mm arms, and is similar to the TRP 9.0 (its arms appear to be almost identical; I suspect springs & accoutrements are of lesser quality--I've only been able to glance at the TRP brakes on someone else's bike). The Tektro is not a bad brake, it's reasonably powerful. It's certainly *much* more powerful and useful than the Avid Ultimate cantilever brake (set up in narrow stance)I used it to replace. At least with my setup. The Avid's stopping power, both with its original pads and with salmon Kool-Stop pads, was only notional when braking from the tops, and just okay from the drops. And before anyone writes to me about cable lengths and cantilever adjustment, please know that I've worked on bikes with cantilevers of all types, brands, and models for nearly 40 years. After I had done my best with them, I had their setup checked and tweaked by a highly experienced, and well-regarded racing mechanic--with the same result. The Avid's are well made, easy to adjust, and have smooth modulation. However, on *my* bike, with *my* components, they were less powerful than the Tektro CX720 cantilevers I have on another bike (with a different type of lever) and for my purposes almost dangerously useless in the wet. They were *almost* acceptable when I added Cane Creek CX levers to the bars, but I don't like braking from a position so close to the centre of the bars. I add that as I have incipient arthritis in my hands, my hand strength from the tops is sometimes weaker than I'd like. I suspect the type and pull of lever is crucial to these brakes. In terms of raw stopping power, the Tektro was strong from the tops and excellent from the drops. They worked well with Kool-Stop salmon pads. But I had to run the pads extremely close to the rims and use high spring tension on one side of the brake in order to keep the arms centered. Their modulation was a *little* on-off, but more than acceptable. I had to keep a close eye on their adjustment. They had more power than the Tektro CX720 cantilevers and lots more than the Avids. Eventually, one of the spring-tension screws threaded (paradoxically, not the side that was highly tensioned) on the front brake. I think they're a very good brake for the price. In comparison, using the same bike, fork, levers, and rims, the mini-moto is well made, powerful, and well modulated in both dry and wet conditions from the tops or the drops. The brakes have a sharply defined sculptural, CNCish shape and are well finished. In the dry, they are powerful enough to throw me over the handlebars from the tops. In the wet, they stop quickly and surely. They have a light feel at the lever, and are easy to modulate. The pads run much wider than on either the Tektro or the Avids. The noodle and barrel adjuster are easy to use. The quick release is simple, effective, and efficient. I'm using the supplied salmon Kool-Stop one-piece long pads.These brakes are a pleasure; I also think they look good, but that's irrelevant. I'd been contemplating getting a disc brake for my front brake; I'm now reconsidering since these are so good. I hope this was helpful. On Friday, 17 August 2012 10:25:41 UTC+10, The Cripler wrote: > > I tried running a mini-moto on my Atlantis with a 50mm Big Apple. The > brake itself work great. I had a little trouble getting the tension even, > but I'm not entirely sure that was an issue with the brakes design. All in > all it was pretty easy to set up. Unfortunately, running the mini-moto with > the 50mm BA wasn't in the cards as the straddle cable was just too close to > the tire to be comfortable with. Still, if I ever decide to run 35mm's on > my Atlantis and had the money to spend, I'd seriously consider getting the > mini-moto again. > > > > On Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:27:28 PM UTC-7, Ray wrote: > >> Seeking comments re: advantages, disadvantages, ease of set-up, >> stopping efficiency, other comparative comments. the link: >> >> http://paulcomp.com/minimoto.html > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/SkNxQYZNOCAJ. 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.
