What are Shimano ratio brakes?

rayaring
rayaring Posts: 8
edited January 2011 in Road beginners
The brakes on the 2011 Specialized Roubaix elite are described as Shimano ratio .
I cannot find any reference to this description on the Shimano website or anywhere else on the web using google.
Are they equivalent to 105 brakes or what?

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    I believe they mean they are brakes that work with Shimano STIs.

    so not actual shimano brakes.
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  • rayaring
    rayaring Posts: 8
    But presumably they must be made Shimano otherwise Shimano would be suing Specialized for breach of copyright?
  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
    No. Calling them 'Shimano ratio' is just saying they are compatible with Shimano brake levers. Copyright's irrelevant here, you mean trademark - and that would only be an issue if Shimano could demonstrate that Specialized were trying to pass off these brakes as being made by Shimano, which I don't think is the case.

    And Shimano would be insane to sue one of their biggest customers anyway.
    John Stevenson
  • rayaring
    rayaring Posts: 8
    Thank you for both your explanations.
    Regards Ray

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