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Front brakes and levers
Postby brawlo » Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:21 pm
The bike is a newer carbon job and I have a second frame thanks to a generous seller who revised the frame design and so gave me a new one. So this bike will be doing full time duty on road and trainer. I nabbed a newish 3T fork from the LBS for a princely sum of $50. It was on a display bike but has never even seen the outdoors. So I'm after a front brake caliper and some brake hoods for a drop bar setup. I've come across some references to avoiding dud calipers and levers but with no reference to what ones are actually duds???
So I've been looking at cheaper calipers from Diacompe, Shimano and SRAM. Are there any of these that I should stay away from? Also looking at hoods from Diacompe, Tektro and Cane Creek. Going via Europe, I can put together a brand new setup for under $100. Cruising around ebay, second hand is not looking that much cheaper for something that's not looking old and trashed.
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Re: Front brakes and levers
Postby rkelsen » Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:17 pm
You won't go too far wrong looking at any of the brands you mentioned.
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