>Do the Tektros use one of those grub screws to anchor the straddle cable?
Dear Steve, Nope. They use a cast end on one side and a pinch clamp for the other. A grub screw bearing directly on a stranded cable loaded in tension is also described as the "death clamp", right? There are ways to fix it (brass sleeve, for instance, a ball bearing may also work), but it is a stupid/unsafe/inconvenient design out of the box. Best Regards, Will On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 8:10:06 PM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 4/15/19 8:56 PM, 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 > > > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > 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.
