Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
The Rails are effing fat. Fatter than whoooshiepants. Fatty fat fat fatties. The standard Shimano 5700/ 6700 brakes work fine, though, as do Maguras. They're really just as wide as can be managed by typical roadie brakes. Are you intending on running boutique brakes with them?
I think C7's will do nicely, providing they deal with the Fatty McFatty rims.
Originally Posted by
sbxx1985
If you're overweight and used to grabbing a hand full of brake, the C7s are probably not for you.
That's my disclaimer.
I think I'll be OK there.
Originally Posted by
sbxx1985
I bet the Rails are pretty good in the rain.
I will say they were pretty good, but down The Wall on New Years Day, they sucked. I think any brake and rim combination would have sucked that day.