Seven Axiom SLX, 4-season and all-road

They're simplicity itself to setup. Not cheap, however. I've had three pairs and will be buying a fourth soon.

dibs if you sell (if NOT direct mount)

Can you haz video?

Boast post!

Three pairs ? Do they keep going tits up ?

Nah, I've bought the newer version and sold the older one, sold the bike they were on and bought them again when I got a new caliper brake bike etc. They're the best brakes (rim) that I've used.

Looks like someone tried to draw the internals from a Campag Delta brake from memory.

I'd agree, if said person had never seen a Campag Delta.

Have you thought about Legend and their Ti/Carbon frame? Can't recall how much they are off the top of my head, but they only do custom, and because they're European it might offset at least some of the shitty GBP/dollar exchange rate (no import duties as well)?

The appeal of Seven or the Serotta this replaces is the fine tuning of tube sets specific to the ride characteristics desired by the owner. Serottas double and triple butting of tubes gave an insane amount of fine tuning. IIRC a custom sized serotta had a few thousand possible permutations of tubes depending on rider weight, strength and how they wanted the bike to ride and or feel under them. Whether these fine nuances are actually detectable to the rider is questionable but I fucking love mine.

I think Marco Bertoletti at Legend works on the same basis, although as you say it's debatable whether you'd really notice the difference. However, one of the nicest things about buying a custom frame is the fact that at least the builder has thought about you as an individual when choosing tubing, geometry etc. Having bought a custom Tommasini, and more recently a custom Casati it's nice to know that there won't be another one out there exactly the same as mine.

More thinking... thru-axle for disc brakes, but staying with a mechanical groupset.

Spent ages looking at Super Record vs Record, I can't see the Super Record advantage so I'll probably go Record.

For disc brake... oh it's a mess when one chooses Campagnolo, so I'll go with a temporary solution to last a few years before settling at that time and potentially swapping levers. The temporary solution either Avid BB7's or Hope V-Twin with a pair of Hope X2 calipers.

The fork and finishing kit remains Enve, the frame I'm still undecided on... Seven, yes likely... but I may change from a Carbon/Ti mix to Ti. I want a more comfortable ride over greater distances then a super stiff race bike ride... I'll discuss this with them.

Avid BB7's or Hope V-Twin

Strong trolling

:)

Seriously, don't fuck about with cable discs. Hydro is just so much better, even if you have to use Shimano.

Don't bother with the v twin it's good but I had it and replaced it with full hydro.

Well the problem here is that I am going to use Campy not Shimano for the groupset. I HATE the Shimano hoods, levers and shifting actions.

When Campagnolo have Record levers that support hydraulic brakes I'll go that way, but they do not have that today.

Which means... I need something as a stop-gap for a year or two whilst Campy get their shit together.

I'll kit the wheels to be thru-axle, disc brake, and the only question is those mech levers will have a cable pull... and whether it's cable the whole way, or converts to hydraulic.

Why not get a flat mount on the back as well as a drilled brake bridge, use rim brakes for now and replace the fork when Campy release decent discs?

I need something as a stop-gap for a year or two whilst Campy get their shit together.

These for every day riding. Obvs. don't have to be red.

Swap em out for Spyres / BB7 when in the mountains for 'insurance'

Thru-axle rear drops will dictate the hub, which once invested in will dictate the rims and mean disc, so I'll go disc with thre-axle front and back, with Campy Record, and the only question is how to go from the levers to the disc... just a cable vs cable+hydro choice, and limiting the later cost impact to: levers, disc calipers.

Ah, well in that case HyRd or what Howard said

Nice: http://www.edgesportsuk.com/store/juin-tech-r1-hydraulic-cable-pull-disc-brake-set-cyclocross.html

Another option for the same decision :)

I'd go for that, I love HY/RD but because it self-adjusted for wear, there's only one way to set the brake up which is a long pull.

The Junetech, while doesn't compensate for pads wear, you can set the pads closer to the rotor and able to have less pull.

Campag Ergo + TRP HY/RD?

[F5 fail]

Hybrid setups are interesting because - with SRAM leavers at least - they feel better than BB7s/Spyres and whatnot. Technically they shouldn't really though. Note the R1s don't adjust automatically for pad wear - they don't have a reservoir. And yes that's kinda crazy.

On Campy + TRP HY/RD... multiple reviews basically say that the Campy levers don't have enough pull to make this a really solid setup, which is the only reason I haven't listed it as a choice.

But the key thing: Get the frame + fork + wheels + groupset as close to exactly what I want... leave only the brakes being less than ideal for a while.