My Road BB7s work -- stop and feel -- as well as any centerpull I've used, except that they don't modulate as well, using Jagwire housing and old 740n Dura Ace levers. There is a trick to setting them up that I learned on the web: attach the cable to the actuation arms when the latter have been moved through about 1/3 of their travel, not when they are fully relaxed. This allows more pad distance while also allowing a "feel" like any caliper I've used, with very good stopping power. Stock rotors; 160 mm?
Very much better than the previous MTB BB7s with V brake levers in both pad clearance and feel; stopping power about the same; same rotors. Note that the older version of these road BB7s were among the worst brakes I've ever used, with the same levers and Jagwire housing. Note also that it is possible that I have a lower performance bar than others may, but I have set up scores of brakes of every different sort over almost 50 years of tinkering. On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Evan Baird <vanster...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I agree that drop bar hydraulics feel loads better than mechanicals > in terms of modulation, I'm curious whether Jan knows of any mechanical > brakes that pass muster. My experience has been that using compressionless > housing makes a huge difference in terms of power, but I haven't ridden the > Paul Klampers or the TRP Spyres long enough to form any opinion. I ask > because I'm planning to try an Ultra Romance style non aero disc brake > combo on my Ravn build, and you better believe I'm going to ride that thing > on singletrack. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
