1988-1989 Rocky Mountain Blizzard Slope/Team - DONE P8

[theCyclemedic]

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Its not you, its the U-Brakes imho. We have all be spoilt by modern brakes and expect so much more from these bits of older tech. I'm building a street trials bike at the moment and have Magura Rimstops, they are good but still not as good as a low end hydraulic disk!

pic here - http://cyclemedic.net/blog/wp-content/u ... 00x400.jpg

To be clear, its the spring loaded dropper/riser I like, how daft! What did you pay, has it got a makers mark?

It feels like the run on you get from bad pads when I ride it ... that no modulation dead feel.

I got the hite rite dropper from a friend. They show up every now and than for $20-$40 on fleabay. There was one for sale on here. A cool part, but not a rare part. It looks nice on this frame

Thanks - Found it! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-vintage-K ... SwQTVWCtve

 

[jimi911]

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Its not you, its the U-Brakes imho. We have all be spoilt by modern brakes and expect so much more from these bits of older tech. I'm building a street trials bike at the moment and have Magura Rimstops, they are good but still not as good as a low end hydraulic disk!

pic here - http://cyclemedic.net/blog/wp-content/u ... 00x400.jpg

To be clear, its the spring loaded dropper/riser I like, how daft! What did you pay, has it got a makers mark?

It feels like the run on you get from bad pads when I ride it ... that no modulation dead feel.

Thats it

I got the hite rite dropper from a friend. They show up every now and than for $20-$40 on fleabay. There was one for sale on here. A cool part, but not a rare part. It looks nice on this frame

Thanks - Found it! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-vintage-K ... SwQTVWCtve

That's it!

 

[calorrado]

Ok then..... WOW!

Twin 731 u-brakes, hite rite, twin Dynamo lights, m730, well everything I suppose!

Very, very cool

 

[606]

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Very nice.

 

[k-rod]

Its not you, its the U-Brakes imho. We have all be spoilt by modern brakes and expect so much more from these bits of older tech. I'm building a street trials bike at the moment and have Magura Rimstops, they are good but still not as good as a low end hydraulic disk!

I wouldn't go quite that far, as I've got an M733 U-brake on the back of my Brodie, and while certainly no disc ... the thing stops pretty darn well.

 

[jimi911]

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Ok then..... WOW!

Twin 731 u-brakes, hite rite, twin Dynamo lights, m730, well everything I suppose!

Very, very cool

Sorta has most of the 'bling' you could get in 1988

Very nice.

Thanks!

Its not you, its the U-Brakes imho. We have all be spoilt by modern brakes and expect so much more from these bits of older tech. I'm building a street trials bike at the moment and have Magura Rimstops, they are good but still not as good as a low end hydraulic disk!

I wouldn't go quite that far, as I've got an M733 U-brake on the back of my Brodie, and while certainly no disc ... the thing stops pretty darn well.

Its gotta be the pads. Someone suggested I give them a bit of a sand to remove the first layer of pad. I'll try that. If that fails ... Koolstops. This is a rider so it needs to stop

 

[Ferghus]

Its not you, its the U-Brakes imho. We have all be spoilt by modern brakes and expect so much more from these bits of older tech. I'm building a street trials bike at the moment and have Magura Rimstops, they are good but still not as good as a low end hydraulic disk!

I wouldn't go quite that far, as I've got an M733 U-brake on the back of my Brodie, and while certainly no disc ... the thing stops pretty darn well.

I agree with K-rod.
Just for confirmation, I rode my 88 Blizzard recently and it stops incredibly well. Nasty Worn pads on front and decent Koolstops on the rear. I will change out to new Kool stops front and rear once other issues are remedied.

 

[captaincosmic]

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This is perfection I love it