plastic_cyclist
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Yes, its a Specialized Tri cross with 25mm tyresIs that your bike in your avatar? You have v brakes but I’m not sure I’ve seen a drop bar bike with v brakes before. Is/was it a cyclo cross bike?
Yes, its a Specialized Tri cross with 25mm tyresIs that your bike in your avatar? You have v brakes but I’m not sure I’ve seen a drop bar bike with v brakes before. Is/was it a cyclo cross bike?
Learn the harsh way. The fact is, having been slightly unsure in my mind, I should have done some pre-work on them and checked them thoroughly.
What's your proof of that, then?!? ;-)As an aside, am I the only one who hates when self righteous types dive on a thread and take every detail to the N'th degree to make out that a poster is a liar, or a fraud, or is just simply wrong, but they are right and you better know it !
Make sure the segment continues right up to the wall and it'll be yours forever? Hopefully! :Crazy:as a matter of interest i would create a segment and see how fast others have took it - might have bagged a kom
Proof of what ?What's your proof of that, then?!? ;-)
They are yes, they're Shimano R7010 calipers, it made me disconcerted at first too.Is that quick release on the brake correct? Pretty sure it should be pointing down on left hand side when closed, when as looking at it in the photo. Then turn clockwise to open (move brake blocks away from rim) and drop the wheel out when fixing punctures etc.
If I have to explain the joke of making out that you're wrong, you won't find it funny.Proof of what ?
This might be down to just cable pull ratios which have changed on STIs over the years and as a result won't suit some calipers.. was there a bif mis-match in terms of caliper and shifter age?I will say this about dual-pivot caliper brakes. I've so far owned two sets, the no-names that were on the Scott when I got it, and a set of vintage 105s just recently installed. With drop-bar brifters, they were awful. Cleaned the rims REALLY well, slight improvement. Changed back to flat bars and appropriately-set levers. Huge improvement. Install Koolstop Salmons. Even bigger improvement. The 105s *might* have improved it a little more, but I doubt it. Basically, the new blocks on clean rims with decent levers mean I have stopping power that feels equivalent to the V-brakes on my mtb, and they are good.
This, more than anything else, has decided me against ever returning to drops, because I doubt that any drop levers are hugely better than the ones I had (Sora).
Whatever, the stopping power I now have has increased my confidence on the bike.
The rear looks better set up (at least the side we can see) it looks like the majority of the pad will make contact with the braking surface. The frontpad looks high at the rear and may bite the tyre.Two more shots of the brake set up, opposite side on the front and rear drive side.
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No, these were the original spec for the bike. The flat bar shifters used now are fully STI-compatible.This might be down to just cable pull ratios which have changed on STIs over the years and as a result won't suit some calipers.. was there a bif mis-match in terms of caliper and shifter age?
If I have to explain the joke of making out that you're wrong, you won't find it funny.