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Old 01-11-05, 09:31 PM
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Gardener
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I have the tektros. I don't like the thin pads either. when it rains, they turn to slush and wear about half way down. They also vibrate like crazy with Kool Stop pads- stopped when I switched to a cheaper brand.

The thing that really bugs me about these brakes, is I can't figure out how to disassemble them in order to grease. Even more, is that on the traditional type, you could make shims to take up clearance, and thus deal with squeeling.

I have a pair of old style shimanos too, when I get up the energy to figure out how to adjust those shoes, maybe I'll switch. My dreamcycle will have one of the super dupers...

(I'm more impressed by the centerpull weinmanns on my fiance's mixte, than the tektros...)
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