Originally Posted by
mtalinm
I put an avid shorty ultimate on front and it just wouldn't grab enough for my liking.
Haven't posted in a while.... I run Tektro Oryx front and back with Sora brifters, and I find the stopping power to be just fine. It may be a tuning issue, but those canti's work better than the 720s on my cross bike.
Funny thing with all this talk about drop conversions is that I'm planning on reverting my conversion. The Swift is a brilliant bike, but I simply don't ride it enough. To sum it up, I'm just afraid to lock it up anywhere. Every time I do, I think someone would have quick released the entire cockpit and walked off with half the bike. I find my anxiety level to be much lower if I just lock up one of my lower profile, "normal" bikes.
I hate to part with it, so I'm converting it back to flat bars (well sort of, I'll be using Euro touring bars). This will at least allow me to justify having it in the garage as a very adjustable guest bike.