I built those wheels, I thought it was a little odd that you wanted a rear silver rim and front blue, but it makes sence now. Bike looks really cool, I love old school builds!
it wasn't a switch between less power and over the bars power, but when your on the balance point on the front wheel just needing a tad more power, it was harder to feather. Normally you would squeeze your finger in a progressive manner, with the servo wave, I had to pull the brake in an almost linear way.....most annoying.
Hi Folks
Just found this footage on youtube of a demo I with the guys from 3Run (the best Parkour guys in the UK) did for Tech21 last year.
We had to promote the companies products showing that they were up to the demands of extreme use. The Parkour guys had I phones using Tech21 cases (you can see them throwing the phones against the wall) and I was wearing a laptop bag.
the vid is nothing special, we worked out a simple routine that was to impress journalists rather than other cyclists (plus it wasn't my bike either). I thought some people may find it interesting though.
There is a guest appearence of the one and only Mr Kenny too!
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you would have to be mad to put maggies on your bike when you have vee posts!
If you get a good quality vee brake (anything by avid or shimano) and some good cable (bmx slic ones are pretty good) and some good pads (TNN) then your brake will be powerful, light, easy to pull, easy to maintain and low profile.
yeah, it does seem heavy considering I have sl rims, ti bb and pedal axles, but I do use a 200mm front disk, heavy rear tyre and a vee with all booster and adaptors, plus my mostly trialtech kit is light, but not super light (cranks, forks etc)
yeah, I extended my steerer, only by 10mm or so.
The only problem was that the extra bit I put on didn't go on exactly right, it was slightly offset (like the drillings were slightly different in each steerer) but a file quickly solved that.