Originally Posted by
CACycling
Modern calipers have recessed bolts requiring drilling out the fork and brake bridge to install. Have you tried new brake pads? You may be able to get acceptable performance with a good set of pads on your existing calipers.
I thought about buying some kool-stops or swiss-stops as I know both are great brake pads but the biggest thing that I hate about my brakes is that they're single pivot, making it very very difficult to center. Are you sure Tektro's have the old style mounting bolts or just the long reach brakes? I didn't realize that I needed long reaches. Does that have to do with where the brakes are mounted?