Standard/Long reach brake recommendations

Hinaultscrapcousin

I need some better brakes for my LeMond Filmore and they need to be 47-57mm reach. I've found these from Condor:

https://www.condorcycles.com/collection ... rop-brakes

Anyone ever used them or similar Condor stuff? I don't really want to pay Paul/TRP prices if I don't have to and it's a fixed wheel so my legs do some of the work too. These are the TRPs which is about as high as I'd want to go:

https://www.condorcycles.com/collection ... rop-brakes


If they are really worth the extra I'll bite the bullet and get them. Anyone have any other options/advice?

flasher

I have the TRP's which are excellent, I wanted black and there wasn't much of a choice at the time, for half the cost I would have gone for the Condor's if they had existed, I doubt they'll be bad...........

Hinaultscrapcousin

Flasher wrote:

I have the TRP's which are excellent, I wanted black and there wasn't much of a choice at the time, for half the cost I would have gone for the Condor's if they had existed, I doubt they'll be bad...........

How excellent? I ride my fixed wheel for sportives and I'm doing the Etape Du Dales on it so if we are talking top-end short reach caliper quality I might just bite the bullet and go for them.

I've looked around a lot and the Condors don't look like rebadged Tektros/Miche etc. the calipers look different so I don't think I'd be paying extra for the name, but then I also have nothing to compare them to...

flasher

They're very good and the supplied pads are top notch too, difficult to compare against standard calipers as I only ride the TRP's in the wet and other callipers (Ultegra and Chorus) in the dry, however I would say that I've never felt that I needed better braking in the wet.

Alex99

Hinaultscrapcousin wrote:

I need some better brakes for my LeMond Filmore and they need to be 47-57mm reach. I've found these from Condor:

https://www.condorcycles.com/collection ... rop-brakes

Anyone ever used them or similar Condor stuff? I don't really want to pay Paul/TRP prices if I don't have to and it's a fixed wheel so my legs do some of the work too. These are the TRPs which is about as high as I'd want to go:

https://www.condorcycles.com/collection ... rop-brakes


If they are really worth the extra I'll bite the bullet and get them. Anyone have any other options/advice?

The Condor ones look like a re-badged Tektro caliper. Nothing wrong with that, they probably work fine. I have got he Shimano BR650, which are very decent. Silver only I think.

Hinaultscrapcousin

Flasher wrote:

They're very good and the supplied pads are top notch too, difficult to compare against standard calipers as I only ride the TRP's in the wet and other callipers (Ultegra and Chorus) in the dry, however I would say that I've never felt that I needed better braking in the wet.

This does sound tempting, not sure it's an area I really want to scrimp on.

Alex99 wrote:

Hinaultscrapcousin wrote:

I need some better brakes for my LeMond Filmore and they need to be 47-57mm reach. I've found these from Condor:

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">https://www.condorcycles.com/collections/brakes/products/condor-pioggia-deep-drop-brakes</span&gt;

Anyone ever used them or similar Condor stuff? I don't really want to pay Paul/TRP prices if I don't have to and it's a fixed wheel so my legs do some of the work too. These are the TRPs which is about as high as I'd want to go:

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">https://www.condorcycles.com/collections/brakes/products/trp-rg957-deep-drop-brakes</span&gt;


If they are really worth the extra I'll bite the bullet and get them. Anyone have any other options/advice?

The Condor ones look like a re-badged Tektro caliper. Nothing wrong with that, they probably work fine. I have got he Shimano BR650, which are very decent. Silver only I think.

I thought they weren't but I found these

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/tekt ... lsrc=aw.ds

And I think you might be right. Thanks, that might actually help me find more applicable reviews.

Alex99

Hinaultscrapcousin wrote:

Flasher wrote:

They're very good and the supplied pads are top notch too, difficult to compare against standard calipers as I only ride the TRP's in the wet and other callipers (Ultegra and Chorus) in the dry, however I would say that I've never felt that I needed better braking in the wet.

This does sound tempting, not sure it's an area I really want to scrimp on.

Alex99 wrote:

Hinaultscrapcousin wrote:

I need some better brakes for my LeMond Filmore and they need to be 47-57mm reach. I've found these from Condor:

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">https://www.condorcycles.com/collections/brakes/products/condor-pioggia-deep-drop-brakes</span&gt;

Anyone ever used them or similar Condor stuff? I don't really want to pay Paul/TRP prices if I don't have to and it's a fixed wheel so my legs do some of the work too. These are the TRPs which is about as high as I'd want to go:

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">https://www.condorcycles.com/collections/brakes/products/trp-rg957-deep-drop-brakes</span&gt;


If they are really worth the extra I'll bite the bullet and get them. Anyone have any other options/advice?

The Condor ones look like a re-badged Tektro caliper. Nothing wrong with that, they probably work fine. I have got he Shimano BR650, which are very decent. Silver only I think.

I thought they weren't but I found these

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/tekt ... lsrc=aw.ds

And I think you might be right. Thanks, that might actually help me find more applicable reviews.

Those Tektro R559s are even longer reach (53-73mm) than e.g. Shimano BR650. I do also have some of these for my old old road bike which allows me to use 700c wheels. They're well finished and seem to be good quality.

Hinaultscrapcousin

Thanks for the help all, considering the kind of riding I use the bike for I decided to bite the bullet and go for the TRPs. Hopefully I'll be happy when they arrive!