Best rim brakes

father_jack

Out of these which is the best?

Tektro R315 57mm deep drop
Tektro C-310 V-Brake
Tektro 926AL Front And Rear Mini V Brakes

I'd want to have mudguards fitted.

saladdays

It depends on your bike,
Tektro R315 57mm deep drop for a road bike.
Tektro C-310 V-Brake for a hybrid.
Tektro 926AL Front And Rear Mini V Brakes for a cyclocross bike.

gbsahne001

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19633052#p19633052]saladdays[/url] wrote:

It depends on your bike,
Tektro R315 57mm deep drop for a road bike.
Tektro C-310 V-Brake for a hybrid.
Tektro 926AL Front And Rear Mini V Brakes for a cyclocross bike.

mini V's will work from drop bar levers, provided you a) position them quite close to the rim and b) have cantilever / V brake mounting on the frame and fork for them

The Rookie

From his other thread he doesn't know if he has disc or rim brakes anyway, so all rather acedemic!

father_jack

I am interested in a few bikes, that are similar but different.

Genesis Day One v brake
Genesis Flyer deep drop
On One Pompino mini v

The Rookie

So ask for suggestions on the bike as a whole package, if you are looking to change something straight away (other than contact points) you bought the wrong bike!

marcusjb

Bizarre - you are basing your purchasing between 3 bikes based on the brakes?

Fit and comfort of the bike is far more important.

Most brakes on most bikes are perfectly adequate for the job of stopping you. Most brakes can be improved by changing the stock pads for some thing like Swissstop, Koolstop etc.

Well setup V Brakes, Mini Vs or deep drop calipers will all perform about the same in my experiences.

But choose the bike based on other factors than what brake model or variety it has.

father_jack

"Bizarre - you are basing your purchasing between 3 bikes based on the brakes?"

It's not difficult to understand genesis day one and day one disc are the same bike, only difference is the brakes.

Pros and cons of each, plus another bike (similar) has mini v, and another similar bike has dual pivot calipers.

No shops have any of those bikes in stock or in demo, so issue of fit & comfort is moot.

The Rookie

Explain the usage you have in mind and the bikes you are thinking of and people will critique it all for you in one post instead of 4 or 5 (or however many you have now).

marcusjb

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19633503#p19633503]Father Jack[/url] wrote:

"Bizarre - you are basing your purchasing between 3 bikes based on the brakes?"

It's not difficult to understand genesis day one and day one disc are the same bike, only difference is the brakes.

Pros and cons of each, plus another bike (similar) has mini v, and another similar bike has dual pivot calipers.

No shops have any of those bikes in stock or in demo, so issue of fit & comfort is moot.

Well set up mini Vs and we'll set up dual pivot calipers will perform just as well as each other in my experiences. I have owned bikes with every type of rim brake on and they all perform about the same if you know what you are doing (particularly with old school cantis, which can be fiddly to setup but perform very well when done so). As I said, most stock pads can be improved on.

Don't get hung up on what brakes or other equipment a bike has - within a price bracket, they are all pretty much the same give or take. The manufacturers are all constrained by similar parameters and whilst one might have slightly better wheels (let's say), compromises may have been made on the brake levers (let's say) to achieve that.

Fit and comfort is key. If you can not find a bike shop with the models you are interested in, then find a better bike shop or choose a different model.

father_jack

what about in the wet and snowy conditions? The deep drop brakes are fine in the dry but pretty terrible in downpours.

Granted you don't brake much on country lane ride, but when you do you need them to work

marcusjb

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19634845#p19634845]Father Jack[/url] wrote:

what about in the wet and snowy conditions? The deep drop brakes are fine in the dry but pretty terrible in downpours.

Granted you don't brake much on country lane ride, but when you do you need them to work

Is that from personal experience? Or something you read on the Internet?

I ride two bikes with deep drop brakes - they work perfectly in snow, rain, big mountains. I have never once run out of road and I do ride quite a long way from time to time.

Is all you want someone to say is "rims brakes are rubbish, you are right, get disk brakes"?

father_jack

I have rim and disc brakes myself. with v brakes the cable is a bit more exposed/not vertical like side pull brakes and found around noodle cable gets stuff in it (even with the boot)

canti brakes were rubbish though

marcusjb

I'm done.

Good luck in your search.

father_jack

wow this sub forum is full of assholes.

The Rookie

No, only one to be honest, but it sounds like they are leaving now.

sloppyschleckonds

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19634965#p19634965]Father Jack[/url] wrote:

wow this sub forum is full of assholes.

Have you got a balcony?

father_jack

bought a single speed bike. It has rim brakes, deep drop. Although I get rim wear, wheelsets are pretty cheap, and standard wheels are easily available.

I think each of them has pros and cons, especially with single speed & horizontal drop outs.

I have a set of nice Campag Vento I could use, but those are campag cassette 9 speed, with QR so need to get them changed over to solid axle and cassette converter.

marcusjb

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19643884#p19643884]Father Jack[/url] wrote:

bought a single speed bike. It has rim brakes, deep drop. Although I get rim wear, wheelsets are pretty cheap, and standard wheels are easily available.

I think each of them has pros and cons, especially with single speed & horizontal drop outs.

I have a set of nice Campag Vento I could use, but those are campag cassette 9 speed, with QR so need to get them changed over to solid axle and cassette converter.

I may be an asshole, but here's something you may want to consider.

If you've bought a proper single speed frame based on track spacing, it will be 120mm at the rear.

A Campag Vento wheel will be 130mm spacing.

There may be trouble ahead.

father_jack

That's a shame as I bet nicer wheels than stock. Just checked OLD of rear hub it's 120mm.

Matthewfalle

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19643672#p19643672]SloppySchleckonds[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19634965#p19634965]Father Jack[/url] wrote:

wow this sub forum is full of assholes.

Have you got a balcony?