Originally Posted by
MightyLegnano
The bikes are: an early 70's Legnano Corsa, late 70's Mercier tour de france, and an other early 80's pegeaut for which I don't have much info.
Did they have old brake pads or fresh new ones? It's
kind of important.
NOW I'm guessing that, these road bikes have small pads and old, so not so efficient, calipers. Also old brake levers aren't that solid. Adding skinny tires and more aggressive sitting position, it creates a feeling of bad breaking. That's my theory.
What? You're just regurgitating your crummy theory from the first post, as if you didn't read anything in between.