tektro to ultegra brake upgrade worth it?

ukracer
ukracer Posts: 421
edited October 2009 in Road beginners
looking to upgrade, mainly to complete groupset but will it improve braking at all?

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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    you will see a big improvement just by upgrading to a decent set of pads. Tektro's own pads are not that good in my experience....
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    softlad wrote:
    you will see a big improvement just by upgrading to a decent set of pads. Tektro's own pads are not that good in my experience....

    +1
    Cycling weakly
  • marin_maniac
    marin_maniac Posts: 513
    I've got Tektro's and swapped the pads. That made a small difference.

    I've also ridden bikes with 105 and ultegra brakes and they stop 100% better. If you can afford the upgrade, do it.
  • ukracer
    ukracer Posts: 421
    skyd0g wrote:
    softlad wrote:
    you will see a big improvement just by upgrading to a decent set of pads. Tektro's own pads are not that good in my experience....

    +1

    already done the koolstop pads change , so just wondered about brakes themselves
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    um, it depends which tektro brakes!
  • ukracer
    ukracer Posts: 421
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    um, it depends which tektro brakes!

    o yes sorry tektro 580s i think
  • oldnslowcp
    oldnslowcp Posts: 81
    I'd guess that you have Ultegra levers.

    I was so impressed by my DA 7800 brakes that I put DA pads in another bikes Tiagra calipers. There was an improvement but nowhere near the stopping power of DA. I would say go for it, you'll also find the bike goes faster! All upgrades increase speed!
  • ukracer
    ukracer Posts: 421
    Ordered!
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    ukracer wrote:
    Ordered!

    good effort!

    I'll book you a one-way ticket to 'serialupgraderville'

    :-)

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