Campy Delta Guru please!

[stringfellow1946]

I personally have never ever had an inner cable snap at the lever end. (thats not to say they don't) But I always grease the nipple where it enters the lever (on all brakes) as they can seize in there, and also I always put a very small dab of grease on the plate where the inner wire runs over it with the Aero/Non Aero Campagnolo levers.
Glad you have sorted the problem.

 

[Citoyen du monde]

cheers guys!!! actually asked Nigel at Campyoldy and he's selling at £15, but having seen the advice from pigman I'm wondering if it's best avoided!

Set up properly they work very well. For some reason people like to complain and say that Delta brakes don't work. I have them fitted on 3 bikes and have never had the slightest difficulty when I did the setup and used proper cable housing, used good Campagnolo brake cables, used slightly wider rims and new brake blocks and left the calipers slightly wider than most brakes (the brakes increase power as you activate them). You need plenty of patience setting them up but once set up they are great. New pads are still available from Campagnolo.

 

[pigman]

..... For some reason people like to complain and say that Delta brakes don't work....

I trust you're not including me in that statement, because I have always defended them. Its a long time since I had some and therefore can't compare them to the latest dual-pivot sidepulls, but up until that point they were arguably the best brakes I ever had. Real stopping power, but with ABS (I dunno, they stopped hard, but never locked up). But for me the levers were never good in concealed cable mode.

The brakeset cost me £200 back in the 80's and I never regretted buying them, even if it was an indulgence. My regret came when I put them on a bike I sold and never recouped their worth.