Hi Will. Yes, I've been rolling with the tektro 720's on my 26in road bike for a few years, been through a couple of sets of Koolstops. Steve, they do have the grub screw. But it's not necessary to use it.
I think there are lots of variables that makes for such a wide variety of opinions. The two main ones in my estimation would be brake setup and user expectation. n Monday, April 15, 2019 at 8:56:05 PM UTC-4, William deRosset wrote: > Dear Mark, > > Tektro cr720's are a fine enough brake, and when set up properly, work as > well as any. They have the significant advantage of using orbital brake pads > and slotted pad holder mounts that greatly simplify setup. Just replace the > astonishingly bad Tektro brake blocks with Kool-Stop Salmon pads > Also, the hardware on the brake is less-than-beautifully finished, if > functional. > > They punch well above their $45/bike price. Add $12 for Salmon pads up front. > > If cost is no object, then the RH brakes work well in my experience. They are > lovely as well. > > Best Regards, > > Will > William M deRosset > Fort Collins CO USA -- 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.
