Agree with that. I have Record Ergos and love em. If I ever move to barends I'll be sure to work with a carbon brake lever...
-Mike On Oct 9, 11:45 am, "Piaw Na(蓝俊彪)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The reason the campy record levers are better is that they are made > from an insulator, and so don't draw heat from your hands when it gets > cold. > On our very first cold descent in the alps they paid for themselves. > > On 10/9/08, landotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Tektro R200 brake levers are non-shifting clones of campy Ergos with > > QRs and cost a mere $25 US. > > > On Oct 9, 12:53 am, "Piaw Na(蓝俊彪)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Use the trick that John Bayley taught me: use Campy brake levers which > >> have a QR in the brake lever, and then you can use both QRs and end up > >> with a super wide range. > > >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 1:36 AM, landotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > I can squeak 32mm tires past my 521AGs as long as they're not adjusted > >> > too tight, FWIW. Combined with some QR Tektro levers--you can run some > >> > 35-40mm tires and get them out w/o deflation, no probs. > > >> > On Oct 8, 6:23 pm, Horace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> The R750 is carbon (and costs $180). > >> >> The quick release on the R538 opens wider than the qr on the the other > >> >> two > >> >> brakes, so that brakeset would work better if you're running fat tires > >> >> on > >> >> skinny rims (eg 700x32c on OpenPros). > > >> >> Horace. > > >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >> > Hello > >> >> > I've been looking for a 57mm reach brakeset and see that Tektro makes > >> >> > an R538, an R750, and a 521AG. HOw do these differ? > >> >> > Thank you > >> >> > Marc Rosenbaum > > >> -- > >> Piaw Nahttp://piaw.blogspot.com > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > Piaw Nahttp://piaw.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
