Brakes

105s, kool stop pads, and as far as levers go, there can be only one...

they're shit.

they're shit.

And I was thinking of getting some too. They don't work so well huh?

i too am looking for some brakes, but for an old peugeot frame, does anyone know where these are available?

Has any body had any experience with these? Are they CraP? They look fairly nice.

O i just found out these haro style levers require bmx bars. soso.

I'm having problems with the spring on my shimano ultegra 6600 brakes. The brakes do not return to 'open' after being depressed. I've cleaned and relubed thoroughly the whole thing (although haven't gone so far as to take the whole thing apart). The ultegra brakes have a kind of basic spring tension adjustment by reversing the position of a 'sleeve', but I haven't managed to reverse it yet, and am doubtful it will actually work. When this has happened before I've managed to solve it by cleaning and greasing the spring a bit, but now that doesn't work.

What do people suggest? Is the brake fixable or will I need a replacement? Looks like the latest ultegra still doesn't have any proper spring adjustment so I'm doubtful whether a new version will be any better.

use a pair of pliers to stretch the spring.

+1 your spring needs custom realignment".

I'm having problems with the spring on my shimano ultegra 6600 brakes. The brakes do not return to 'open' after being depressed. I've cleaned and relubed thoroughly the whole thing (although haven't gone so far as to take the whole thing apart). The ultegra brakes have a kind of basic spring tension adjustment by reversing the position of a 'sleeve', but I haven't managed to reverse it yet, and am doubtful it will actually work. When this has happened before I've managed to solve it by cleaning and greasing the spring a bit, but now that doesn't work.

What do people suggest? Is the brake fixable or will I need a replacement? Looks like the latest ultegra still doesn't have any proper spring adjustment so I'm doubtful whether a new version will be any better.

When I had this issue I cured it by lubing the cable. Have you removed the cable from the brake to confirm it is the brake that is at fault?

^yeah, I've ruled out the cable using this method. I've also tried the suggestion of bending the spring (I've done this successfully on cantilever brakes), but that didn't seem to work. I guess it could be the pivots or something. Might just have to get a new pair, as the front does not close quite properly and the LBS said that will never be as good as new.

...OK, potentially stoopid q coming up, but with cable brakes, can I use any lever with any caliper?

for example, a bmx lever like the Goldfinger above with a good quality road brake like the Dura-Ace?

Not necessarily.

Traditional cantilever brakes have different cable pull to V-brakes, for example.

...OK, makes sense, how about if we are talking specifically about one of these:

...and a two-finger BMX-type lever? (needs to be 25.4 to fit std mtb bars)