Will, I always thought it was silly that these hangers have a total of three (3) fasteners to hold it in place where none (0) are actually necessary. That said, I have had a set of 720's with such mismatched springs that it was necessary to actually use different tension holes on either brake post then fine tune with the tension adjustment set screw. Maybe the idea is to cheap out on springs and compensate with the ability to secure the hanger off center?
I only had this problem once, otherwise I think they are great brakes and cheap as heck. Darin On Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 10:05:53 AM UTC-7, William deRosset wrote: > > Dear Mark, > > The grubscrews to which you refer are on the straddle wire carrier, > <https://www.tektro.com/upload/Product/F_20150915085438BhVJtz.PDF> and > are only used to locate the straddle cable carrier on the straddle cable. > They are not directly in the load path. I've never used them. I pull mine > and keep them in a jar of m4 grub screws, which are used on my fender > mounts, as they are unnecessary to the function of the brake or of the > straddle carrier. the brakes center just fine. > > > > [image: 2019-04-17_11-00-52.png][image: 2019-04-17_11-03-10.png] > > > Best Regards, > > Will > William M. deRosset > Fort Collins, CO > > On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 8:55:30 PM UTC-6, Mark in Beacon wrote: >> >> 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.
