In an emergency situation (police car pulled out in front of me) last summer on my former cobbled-together time-trial bike, I easily skidded both tires and nearly crashed using the Tektro 556 calipers and the stock pads on old tubular rims with an anodized brake surface. I've seen several references to these Tektro brakes being sub-par, but that hasn't been my experience. I like (and sell) BQ, but these tests are starting to drive me nuts. One day: "these are great tires/brakes/ whatever" and then the test is published, and: "I knew there was something wrong with those tires/brakes/whatever!"
On Feb 17, 6:48 am, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 22:41 -0800, rob markwardt wrote: > > Thanks. One of the reasons I asked is because I have a set of the Cane > > Creek/Tektro levers ready to go. I have them on my Bleriot and really > > like the feel...I might swap the calipers anyway just cause I like the > > name Bigmouth! > > On the other hand, you may not be thrilled with the performance. I > don't know about the Bigmouth, but some of the dual pivot long reach > sidepulls offer less satisfactory performance than the Shimano (see the > test in the current Bicycle Quarterly). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" 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/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
