Lets see your modern bikes with long reach sidepulls.

[yancy0303]

My All-City Mr Pink with Whisky road fork and Tektro R539 brakes






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[gomango]

Originally Posted by yancy0303

My All-City Mr Pink with Whisky road fork and Tektro R539 brakes






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Looks great.

My brother bought one this winter and he loves it so far.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by fa63

With real long reach brakes, not the mid reach kind

That looks like a Lynskey R460...how fat of tires did you get on there??


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[Geeheeb]

Not really the same, but 650b on a Lemond courtesy of long reach brakes:

[Gartenmeister]

Old photo. Has 700x42 on it now, with room to spare.

[54ny77]

whoa, my eyes did a double take on that bike, thought it was two images morphed (the two top tubes). very nice rig. why the two top tubes?

Originally Posted by Gartenmeister

Old photo. Has 700x42 on it now, with room to spare.

[eddief]

https://goo.gl/photos/6GM9WM6U4xNeDVSZ6

[eddief]

one more time.

[bicycletricycle]

I liked this bike

[doomridesout]

Can anybody who also rides the current generation of Shimano short reach brakes like Ultegra 6800 and DA9000 tell me how their mid or long reach calipers feel in comparison? I have a bike with hydro disc now and a bike with Ultegra calipers and I can definitely tell a difference between them, but the Ultegra calipers definitely have all the stopping power I need, even in the mountains. Is it going to be a big difference going to the Grand Cru, the TRP, or the Shimano?

[Big Dan]

To me the Shimano R600 and R650 feel the same as a regular 7700 or 6500 brake calipers.

I'm in South Florida, so brake use is optional.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

very nice rig. why the two top tubes?

because rivendell bikes are not heavy enough as it is, loaded down with steel forks, steel railed leather saddles, full cage pedals, and fancy waxed canvass luggage, so they throw in an extra top tube to keep the weight up.

[sparky33]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

why the two top tubes?

...because then you get to have more lugs.

[doomridesout]

Yeah... To me there was a noticeable improvement when I switched from 7800 to 9000 series brakes, and I'm hoping to move back to a more mountainous area soon so I'd really like a comparison with the current best in caliper braking from people who have serious descending.

I'm basically thinking I want to build a fat tire road racing bike for the mountains and don't want to give up the weight for disc or deal with it mechanically. If I give up a lot between the best modern calipers and mid-reach brakes, I might rethink (probably build to max out the pads on a short reach caliper).

Plus: Any thoughts on brake feel when mixing Shimano super SLR pull levers with these brakes?

[zennmotion]

Originally Posted by doomridesout

Can anybody who also rides the current generation of Shimano short reach brakes like Ultegra 6800 and DA9000 tell me how their mid or long reach calipers feel in comparison? I have a bike with hydro disc now and a bike with Ultegra calipers and I can definitely tell a difference between them, but the Ultegra calipers definitely have all the stopping power I need, even in the mountains. Is it going to be a big difference going to the Grand Cru, the TRP, or the Shimano?

I've ridden both and the answer is...

Centerpulls are awesomer in every way.