I see no mention of what the brake pads were that you tested. In
long-ago days, I recall Bicycling magazine testing brake pads and
discovering that in the wet, the salmon Kool Stop compound was
dramatically better than others in the test.
On 12/4/18 7:40 AM, Eric Daume wrote:
While I'm hemming and hawing over Reid's Joe Appaloosa for sale, I
find my eye also wandering over to the new MIT Hilsens. The sizing
looks good, love the color, nary an extra tube to be found (though I'm
warming up to the extra tubes). But, it uses the long reach R559 type
brake. I've used this brake (and the DC Mod 750) on previous 650b
conversions, and it hasn't been a great experience. They work OK in
the dry, but when the rims are wet, the stopping power was terrible.
As a test, I sprayed my front rim with my water bottle, and the R559
brakes took twice the distance to stop as my V brake equipped Clem.
That was with salmon pads on the R559. Mountain bike style levers on
both bikes.
So, does anyone have a setup that works in the wet for long reach brakes?
Steve Palincsar
Alexandria, Virginia
USA
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