tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post7219341947541606970..comments2024-03-28T11:56:48.304-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: Direct Mount Brakes?Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-74501597861991709012018-01-28T20:56:49.710-05:002018-01-28T20:56:49.710-05:00I cannot imagine that to be a possibility.I cannot imagine that to be a possibility.Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-77772262420481847012018-01-28T20:44:37.120-05:002018-01-28T20:44:37.120-05:00Can the single-bolt Dura Ace brakes be converted t...Can the single-bolt Dura Ace brakes be converted to dual bolt?DFWKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616547389458953767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-81750846378956614532017-11-04T19:41:45.538-04:002017-11-04T19:41:45.538-04:00How I wish Jobst Brandt was still alive! His crit...How I wish Jobst Brandt was still alive! His criticism of bicycle fashion dominating engineering reason was almost always right. Let's reinvent the wheel! This is such a case. Plus, I SO enjoyed the bile he aroused from apologists. Of course, none of it is any better than the previous offerings. But, the "keep-up-with-fashion" crowd will rush out to buy the latest-greatest for no other reason than to stay up with the Jones'. <br /><br />I'm running a modern lightweight steel frame/fork with threadless headset, 9sp DA STI, Superbe Pro/Nuovo Record sidepull brakes (with modern cart. pads) - do front "stoppies" with two fingers, and a Ritchey compact double with square taper UN-72 bb. All of it works beautifully and I gain nothing other than a lighter wallet by "upgrading" before anything wears out or breaks. So far, in 13 years and 10's of thousands of miles, I haven't been let down, stranded, or suffered "improved" "technology" that won't improve my experience. Then again, I only ride for my pleasure ... not to compete or show off to anyone.<br /><br />But, back to these brakes ... they are an answer to a question that doesn't exist. It's marketing ... pure marketing. The makers know how fashion-conscious the bicycle crowd is (esp. the "high end" crowd).<br />Son of Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332052015971799329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-51806280996803460812014-09-18T11:50:09.153-04:002014-09-18T11:50:09.153-04:00Shimano has been really good at introducing ideas ...Shimano has been really good at introducing ideas like that -- the Dyna Drive example is a good one -- a great breakthrough, soon dropped, now obsolete. I don't think these new brakes are necessarily a bad idea (they could even be a good idea) but I'd be concerned about them disappearing after a few years, leaving the bikes built for them obsolete.Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-1230408076764899372014-09-16T15:31:00.041-04:002014-09-16T15:31:00.041-04:00More complications, more problems.
Those FSA br...More complications, more problems. <br /><br />Those FSA brakes seems like a total disaster. Rollercams are not the way to go here, but I guess by the time these start acting up, it's time to buy a new bike anyways. Also, with as tight as that fit is, you'd need to change your tires pretty regular, too. Any stretch, and they wouldn't spin through. The thought of running tires 23mm, or skinnier, seems torturous. <br /><br />The Shimano brakes remind me of U brakes, sort of. Just a little bit swankier, I guess. I wouldn't buy a bike to "upgrade" to them, but they don't put me off as much as other recent trends. <br /><br />Wolf.N/Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710395292374599493noreply@blogger.com