OK, I went out for a 25-mile road/MUP/gravel trail ride this morning on the dirt drop Clem.
I have no complaints about braking power with the non-aero levers plus Avid V-brakes. It DOES take more pull of the lever to get the "I have to stop immediately" level of brake force, but it does indeed get there. And I guess that means it's easily modulated. It's certainly a LOT more powerful than the reverse brake levers and Silver long-reach calipers on my commuter bike - that's very much a "speed reducer" setup, and not a "stopper" setup. As far as the Clem + dirt drop bar layout, it seems to work. The top of the bar gives a more-upright position than the old (long-reach) bullmoose bar, while the drops are significantly more aggressive and low/forward, but not excessively. I found it easier to control the bike over gravel with the dirt drop bar than the bullmoose - it felt a lot less like fighting wheel flop (counter-steering) and more like pointing where I wanted to go. Not sure how I'd fare with a "standard" 90-110mm stem, but this is working OK so far. After a few rides on them, I feel like the Schwalbe Big Ones (650Bx2.35) are just too much of a good thing. They're plush and comfortable and supple and fast-rolling, sure, but they're just too huge and I'm having trouble adapting to the steering geometry that results. Additionally, they puncture really, really easily - even the "SnakeSkin" version. Not sure what I'll try on the Clem next - Thunder Burts are not much smaller, but they do have the edge knobs to hopefully slide around less on loose dirt. Or maybe the Compass 650Bx48mm? /Jeremy On Saturday, July 29, 2017 at 1:09:35 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > Old school non-areo levers do seem to pull a lot of cable so you may be > ok. In fact, you may have found the first brakes those things actually work > on: Dia-Compe non-aero levers with single-pivot sidepulls or centerpulls > are what can best be described as "speed reducers" ;-) -- 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.
