Brake upgrades; vintage tandem project
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Brake upgrades; vintage tandem project
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
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
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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.
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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
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