I installed them on my Atlantis a couple of years ago. The stock Shimano low profile ones that came from Riv never seemed very powerful, especially with a load. The Tektros were an inexpensive experiment & it's worked out. They are somewhat more powerful than the stock brakes but more importantly have better modulation. On dirt with 35 mm touring tires the brakes are wonderful, no inadvertant locking up or other bad habits. I played around a lot with straddle wire lengths trying to maximize power & must be the least sensitive guy around. I just couldn't tell much difference in straddle wire heights. They seemed to work pretty good regardless of where I put it.
dougP On Jun 23, 6:01 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Use them on my Sam Hillborne. They work fine. Nitto Mini up front > and big Nitto in back. No problems with bags or anything. Although I > did swap the front straddle hanger for an old Dia-Compe to more easily > clear a Nigel Smythe bag. > > Did swap the pads for the Rivendell sold Yokozuna, but that's just a > personal preference. Put those pads on my wife's bike early this year > and she finds them the bee's knee's. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Jun 23, 3:42 pm, johnb <jbust...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Anyone have experience with these? Do they interfere with a rear/front > > rack? Good/suck? I am assuming since Riv carries them that they do not > > suck but would like other opinions.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
