Jay: This is interesting. I have exactly the same set-up as you on my Atlantis & couldn't be happier. The Deores are the plain ones that Riv had on close-out last year, just plain Deore with no extra letters or fiddly pads. Before that I had Tektro 720s for a long time (with the appropriate levers) and they just took too much lever pull. The Vs work great on long steep downhills and modulate better than the cantis.
One variable may be cable housing. When I changed the brakes, I bought some extremely stiff cable housing. Don't recall the brand but was about 3X as pricey as Shimano standard housing. My cables run under the bar tape, so plenty of tight bends. Another variable I haven't personally tested is whether or not letting the cables "run where they may" would be any different. Even though the Tektro levers have the same pull as MTB levers, I suspect the cable routing with the tight bends under the bar tape may create some additional friction. I have a note to self to see what, if any, effect freeing up the cables may have but that will have to wait until the next time the bar tape needs replacing. Keep us posted on whatever you try. I keep learning new stuff here. dougP On Nov 18, 12:23 pm, Jay in Tel Aviv <jayin...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I built my Sam last summer I selected what I thought were > reasonably priced drive train components that function reasonably > well. One result I am less than extatic about is brakes, which are > Deore v-brakes with kool stop pads and the Tektro drop bar levers that > work with vees. This combination stops the bike just fine, but has > nowhere near the modulated feel of the calipers on my Brompton. In > comparison the vees fell, for want of a better word, clunky. > > So, what am I doing wrong and what can be done to fix it? A different > typre of brake? A different model? Different levers and j-tek > thingies? > > I love the feeling of control that good brakes provide. How to I gwt > that on my canti Sam? -- 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-bunch@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.
