Hello Patrick, I have both the 538 and 539 and the only difference I can see is the reach of the 539 is slightly more than the 538, I guess 1cm?
I also have a pair of the VO Grand Cruz in black that I would be willing to sell. They don't look quite right on my black Crust Malocchio, too much black, so I purchased silver ones which I need to install. The only thing with the black pair is that the previous owner tried to service them but didn't know about the grub screws, so one of the treads got a little chewed up in the process. I was able to remove the grub screws, clean the bearings the pivots ride on (same bearings as the old XTR v-brakes). I was able to clean up the treads with a tap and used a longer bolt with an aircraft lock nut to hold it all together. Works fine, no issues at all and the lock nut isn't really noticeable. I can send pics later. I'm thinking $100 plus shipping from 18104. Regards, Jojhn On Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 8:21:33 AM UTC-4 Ryan Fleming wrote: > Those black VO Grand Cru brakes would be the ones to go for...that's for > sure. Great brakes especially with the TRP levers...but I know you like the > brifter shifting , if not the hand comfort. Does your Roadeo have downtube > shifter bosses, out of idle curiosity? > > I did have Campy SR brakes/levers on my Road, and classic as they are I > found the VO brakes with the TRP levers a vast improvement > > On Friday, March 27, 2026 at 4:46:46 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Those on the Roadeo are R338s and provide only grade C braking; they seem >> no longer to be sold, as with the, I suppose, even earlier R337s that I’ve >> read about, both replaced with the current R339. >> >> Can anyone tell me what the differences are, besides — again, I suppose — >> being serial replacements for the older model? >> >> If anyone has a pair of 57 mm reach Superbe Pros or Royal Grande Comps or >> Shimano 600s in good nick with all the hardware, and cares to trade for a >> VG pair of R38s, or wishes to sell his pair at a reasonable price, please >> look me up. >> >> If anyone has a pair of forged single pivot calipers, 57 mm reach, in >> *BLACK,* I am particularly interested. >> >> For that matter, if someone wants to sell or trade a pair of *black* VO >> dual pivots (again, *in black*), at some sort of discount over the >> retail price, with cash or goods to make things nice, please inquire within. >> >> Frankly, the R338s with salmon pads don’t seem to stop or modulate any >> better than good forged single pivots with ditto, and I like the look of >> the SPs better. >> >> Patrick Moore, who was very disappointed to find that the as-new pair of >> first-gen Dura Ace calipers he bought weren’t after all 57 mm reach. >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b3e16f48-cbb9-4484-9b26-9bad66e9b4a8n%40googlegroups.com.
