Originally Posted by
georges1
I have 7700 brakes since 2 years and never had any failures. And those who raced with me back in 1998 had Dura Ace 7700 where as I had back then was Ultegra 6500 brakes and none of them failed. I am wondering where did you hear or read that the brakes was a weak point when it never was the case. Lance Armstrong, Tom Boonen, Johan Museeuw, Cippolini and several other pros raced with 7700 and didn't have a single issue with them.
No one has mentioned any "failures". Riders don't generally bash the equipment sponsoring them, but it has already been acknowledged that later 7800 calipers were stiffer. Overall, 7700 was designed to be very light and to provide modulated speed control to for pro racing. Neither of which require the world's stiffest brake, and were such an increase in power over the single pivots of 6 years earlier that there was no reason to complain.