Bike Forums - View Single Post - Universal AER brakset...cool looking..but kind of an odd one too...

12-03-12 | 03:49 PM

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afilado

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From: Chattanooga

Bikes: '93 Bridgestone RB-1, '91 Specialized Allez Epic, '85 Raleigh Team Pro, '78 Andre Bertin, early '90s F. Moser Leader AX , '85 Centurion Equipe, '98 Litespeed Tuscany, '89 Klein Quantum, '80 Nishiki Superbe, '83 Peckham, '84 Fuji Opus III

I've got the AER calipers on my Equipe. Stock pads. I have them teamed with Gran Compe aero pulls. Adequate stoppers as far as I'm concerned. I don't encounter many emergency stops so I put as much confidence in them as I do any system of higher repute. They are better sheer stoppers than the AGC 250/300 calipers, in my estimation.

The cam set up feature has it's own idiosyncratic challenges but once I found the toe-in sweet spot optimum braking capability came into focus. Quality cables, routing and cable covers (lubrication/teflon) do make a big difference in this case. Repeat: Careful set-up is critical.

I like them because they are distinctly different in appearance. Paraphrasing Billy Crystal/Fernando Lamas, ......sometimes "it's better to look good than to stop good".

J

Last edited by afilado; 12-03-12 at 05:24 PM.

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