Originally Posted by
Rick
There is a significant increase in stopping power and modulation with the compressionless housing. There is absolutely no sponginess in the levers either. I am heavy and still can't lock up the rear brake with this setup. I live in the high desert and there is mostly up or down. The brakes have only squaled when hot, coming down a grade. I am going to try the heatsink model of the Kool-Stop pads. I spoke to paul about the pads this week. Paul sent me the new
KLAMPER ADJUST DETENT KIT. There is a grub screw, spring and ball bearing. This makes the pad adjusters work better.
You don’t seem to be getting it. I have no need for compressionless housing because I don’t need an “increase in stopping power” nor do I feel any “sponginess in the levers”. I live in the mountains, am heavy, do off-road bike packing on those mountains, and even have Klampers on a tandem which are short pull with really, really long cables. My brakes have never been hot because I know how to brake to keep from heating brakes, even on fast, steep, rocky downhills.
With all my gear including water and tools in a Camelbak, this bike was carrying 67 lbs in addition to my 230 lbs.
56 lbs plus me.
I’ve never even gotten my brakes warm despite some 30+ mph downhills.
But, and I’ll stress this again, I’ve done the similar rides with similar loads with BB7s and never had any issues either. I like the Klampers and I’m glad I have them but if you can’t afford them, you aren’t going to die using something else.