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How about the U brake? Been so long since I rode one.
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Not today, but yesterday I pulled the El-Mar out the shed. Since I stuck the gears on the shifter position was a bit rubbish. The shifters I had (Deore 
) didn't sit well with the Hope brakes, so I got some SLX shifters and Hope clamp mounts. It's all a lot better now. Much cleaner bars and the shifters a lot easier to get to. I think they call it ergonomic! 
And here is how she is looking now.
And one from the ride.
) didn't sit well with the Hope brakes, so I got some SLX shifters and Hope clamp mounts. It's all a lot better now. Much cleaner bars and the shifters a lot easier to get to. I think they call it ergonomic! And here is how she is looking now.
And one from the ride.
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Clubby and Barry, both rides looking great 
My 88 Stumpy had the U brake and it worked great, not that I was hard on it, but it never gave me any problems. It seen a fair bit of use that machine and the U brake and rim worked great and lasted, regardless of condition. The Splatter job looks great in blue, so used to seeing the yellow.
Salsa looks a beauty as well Barry. Those gears will give you nothing but trouble though
Jamie
My 88 Stumpy had the U brake and it worked great, not that I was hard on it, but it never gave me any problems. It seen a fair bit of use that machine and the U brake and rim worked great and lasted, regardless of condition. The Splatter job looks great in blue, so used to seeing the yellow.
Salsa looks a beauty as well Barry. Those gears will give you nothing but trouble though
Jamie
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Jamiedyer":gc6qi286 said:Those gears will give you nothing but trouble though
Ain't that the truth.
Shame I need them.
old_coyote_pedaller
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Wish I could be bothered stopping to take pics, it's always good when you see where you guys have been.
Never ridden a bike with U-brakes, what are they like power-wise compared to firstly cantis, v-brakes?
Are they a pain to set up? I had to set up a set of Rollercam brakes once on a Cannondale years ago. One of the early 24"/26" wheeled bikes, twas a pain.
Wish I could be bothered stopping to take pics, it's always good when you see where you guys have been.
Never ridden a bike with U-brakes, what are they like power-wise compared to firstly cantis, v-brakes?
Are they a pain to set up? I had to set up a set of Rollercam brakes once on a Cannondale years ago. One of the early 24"/26" wheeled bikes, twas a pain.
old_coyote_pedaller
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OK, thanks. Not that I was thinking of getting a U-brake bike. Don't even think I could ever ride a bike without disc brakes again unless it was a road bike but again that's no gonnae happen. :mrgreen:
OK, thanks. Not that I was thinking of getting a U-brake bike. Don't even think I could ever ride a bike without disc brakes again unless it was a road bike but again that's no gonnae happen. :mrgreen:
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I had enough of that pant-filling fear when I had my MK2 VW Scirocco injection. It only went away when I replaced front discs with the bigger 16v Golf GTI ones but more importantly threw tae feck the rear DRUM brakes and replaced them with Golf GTI rear disc brakes. The Scirocco had the same 112bhp 1.8 l injection engine as GTI but shite brakes. No more "oh my gaaawwd, am gonnae die" moments.
I had enough of that pant-filling fear when I had my MK2 VW Scirocco injection. It only went away when I replaced front discs with the bigger 16v Golf GTI ones but more importantly threw tae feck the rear DRUM brakes and replaced them with Golf GTI rear disc brakes. The Scirocco had the same 112bhp 1.8 l injection engine as GTI but shite brakes. No more "oh my gaaawwd, am gonnae die" moments.
