marcdanziger

So the last time I posted, I was looking to restomod my old Santa Noventa with hydraulic discs.

My framebuilder friend was up for modifying the rear triangle, and I bought a disc brake tandem fork, as well as all the components...but I finally decided "bag it" and scored a nice Co-Motion Speedster with mechanical discs.

It fits us; my wife and I did the La Grange 20km time trial (yes, we sucked but we're old, in bad shape, and she'd ridden a tandem 3x before...two of those are fixable!), and she had a blast and wants to do more.

So I'm going to put the Noventa back together and I'll list it for sale here, along with a set of Rolf tandem wheels (unless I just decide to keep the wheels).

The mechanical discs 'work' but we live in a hilly area and I want to do better.

So thinking about upgrading to Shimano GX levers, plus 4-piston downhill calipers (the 7120's or similar). Anyone using that combination yet?

It's nice for us to be back on the bicycle together!


Marc

Rick

I would see if the Shimano Saint's work with your levers. They have ceramic pistons. I would also upgrade to he ebike rotors in the largest diameter that will work on your Tandem.

Msteven 

I have posted a couple of times regarding the setup you are proposing. works perfectly. I have Saint 4-piston calipers, e-bike floating roters. stopping power is immense. no heat issues. Metallic pads will give you a lot of miles (way more than organic pads!)
Mark