Front caliper brakes for a track frame, what's hot and what's not?

hi guys, could you please help me to find some set of caliper brakes for old style frame, I need the brakes with long bolt, kind of Weinmann 500 caliper brakes

Acor and Tektro do various decent long-drop brakes, some with nut fitting (which is what you will almost certainly need). There's also a nice Shimano one, called R550 or somthing similar to that.

It is and it looks like this available in black or silver.

They don't come cheap though!

Thats actually the rear brake, but it looks nicer than the front which has an offset hinge, but won't provide as good braking.

The best brake (bar hydraulic discs) I have used on the road was a Salsa crosstop lever mated to a Shimano 105 caliper on some black anodized rims.

Oddly, the anodizing didn't wear off, even after about 1000 miles, at which I sold the bike.

When I used the set up on a machined wheel it wasn't half as good :-(

2nd best has to be any high end road caliper to a decent lever. If you want a cyclocross style lever I'd advise a Cane Creek model.

Each to their own, though.

By the way guys - do rear brakes have shorter mounting bolts than front?

The best brake is DA caliper with DA lever. Glorious engineering.

Also highly recommend the addition of Swiss-stop green pads to any old caliper.
Cocking expensive but it's exactly the right place to be ignoring budget constraints.

I replied to adilet, asking about long drop.

I love my 105, bloody excellent brake.

+1 one on those green swiss stop pads, i have some on cantis that are truly brilliant.

The best brake is DA caliper with DA lever. Glorious engineering.

True - I have these on the roadie.

I just fitted a Diacompe clamp on brake to my frame and it was a huge PITA.

The stock caliper is shockingly bad - as are the pads. Unfortunately, my campag caliper didn't fit :-(

So - I could use a rear caliper, right? As this has a shorter bolt?

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must be crap if he uses them, he descends like a chump.

he climbs like a hero though. lightweight init.

actually, you're right.

rushes off to see what brakes are on the saxobank bikes

Sorry Hippy, still got my vote...

I don't think Fabian actually uses brakes on descents, its why he is so fast.

I ride an S-Works so either way...

I've just got a Tiagra on mine, although the cable has gone quite spongey recently. Think I might have used the wrong cable stopper thing in the brake lever, oops.

Got a cheapo tektro with matching lever, og pads replaced with edinburgh bikes cartridge ones and alex machined rim. They've actually been really good, predictable in the wet and dry (and snow) and they've got good feel / modulation. After about a 1000 miles the rim is getting close to it's wear limit. I'd guess there was maybe another 500 left? So yeh very cheap and cheerful but effective none the less.

Ride full Ultegra on my roadie. does the job. I just think SRAM looks cool, never tried it.

If you really want to be cool though, you rick this shiz....

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0QzQAGLNc2g/SdR4ch3EnTI/AAAAAAAAAMI/lziJtxqfbNY/s1600-h/sramE2.jpg

...front Dura-Ace £70 at CRC at the moment

I need new brakes for my road bike.
My rear one is total pants, and thanks to having tiny little hands I can't get enough leverage to stop with just a weak back brake and front brake.
I'm thinking Dura-ace, but I'm also tempted by Sram.

you get what you pay for obviously, but i wouldn't pay all that much since your legs will do most of the braking. haven't worn through a set of brakepads in four years

I have this little argument with Selim all the time.

Brake Pads- £8
Tyre (to replace the one he skids through fortnightly)- £25
Knees- Priceless (although having to take 2 weeks off work post key-hole surgery costs a bundle)

let's talk economy.