Originally Posted by
qcpmsame
Those brakes are some of the strangest design I have seem. Granted I have not seem 1/100th of what BDop has seen they are different. I can understand why you want to change them out. Do you have a mfgr and level of components in mind? I got a set of 105 Shimano on eBay last year for a great price. Used but not that I could even tell they were. Best of luck in getting the cabling sorted out and new brakes installed.
Bill
I do not have anything specific in mind about the new calipers. First thing cone to mind is Tektro? I am open for any suggestion. Shimano 105 are good, but I recently have replaced rear brake on my other bike with Shimano R450, and the only thing I do not like is that normal brake cable housing metal tip will not fit into barrel adjuster. I had to let the bare housing into it.
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Genna B, on Flickr
I believe the "conventional" Tektro calipers will not require metal housing, only inline barrel adjuster.
Or... I don't even need the INLINE barrel adjuster, b/c the regular calipers normally have adjuster on the arm.