Eric, I've found Tektro 559's to be suboptimal for 650b conversions, mostly because they had to be at the bottom of the slot to make it work. I believe Tektro 559s on a bike like the Hilsen with 65mm brake reach will feel much better.
Even still, you can put Paul Racers on these, and they will feel excellent. I had the caliper Hillborne and Cheviot with Racers and they felt great braking in the wet. -Phil Arlington, VA On Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 7:40:17 AM UTC-5, 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? > > Thanks, > > Eric > who should just stick to my rule of "V brakes or discs or pass it by" > -- 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.
