Showing posts with label long reach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label long reach. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Tektro R556 Road Caliper Brake, Rear Review

Tektro R556 Road Caliper Brake, Rear
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I bought the front and rear of these brake calipers. I own an older peugeot frame (1970's)... firstly, the mount screw is too short. i retrofitted the caliper with parts from my old calipers, only to mount it on my bike and the arms are/reach is too long... which was a little dumb on my part for not checking this immediately. but the mount screws are REALLY short. they do come with mounting nuts, which were too thick to go into my mounts on my bike, so you either need to retrofit the brake or the frame. a lot of retrofitting can be done, but the end of it is the pads won't ever reach the wheels anyway... so it doesn't matter! I was really disappointed.

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Weight: 177g

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Tektro R556 Road Caliper Brake, Front, Silver Review

Tektro R556 Road Caliper Brake, Front, Silver
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I have an old 1970-something Raleigh and I had read that the older road bikes need a longer reach for brakes. This brake had plenty of space leftover to move the brakepads down - it's really quite perfect for older bikes. I highly recommend refering to Sheldon Brown's website [...] This brake was very easy to install; I will definitely be buying more of these for my other bikes.

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Weight: 177g

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