Cable pull - sram dual pivot vs. aerolink

[Nooch]

I didn't want to assume, but I'd venture there's no difference in cable pull for older sram red brakes vs. sram ergo and up aerolink brakes, right?

[batman1425]

Not that I'm aware of. All of the 11s stuff has the same cable pull - aerolink or not, it's all cross compatible. I'm reasonably sure that it stayed the same going from 10 to 11s too.

[CiclistiCliff]

Same, but aero links are pretty garbage

[John H.]

If I was getting a modern SRAM group- I would use the older dual pivot brakes with it.

[Iansir]

I bought aerolink version to match my etap group

Can confirm they are garbage

[stien]

Coming from 6700 brakes I think the aerolinks are just fine. What don't you guys like about them?

[eBAUMANN]

no issues with aerolinks here either...i also used em with campy levers.

in my experience, there is no appreciable difference mix n matching any road caliper with any road lever. they will all stop your bicycle.

[simonov]

Totally opposite experience. Aerolinks, IMO, are much better than older SRAM brakes. They're a pain to set up, but once you get the hang of it, it's no big deal. And they work as well as the campy and shimano brakes I have too.

[Tony]

Totally opposite experience. Aerolinks, IMO, are much better than older SRAM brakes. They're a pain to set up, but once you get the hang of it, it's no big deal. And they work as well as the campy and shimano brakes I have too.

Same, have a set of Aerolinks on my CIII and dura ace and ultegra on other bikes. The Areolinks have been great stoppers, light, and work just a nicely as Shimano.

[Tony]

I bought aerolink version to match my etap group

Can confirm they are garbage

I have three years on Aerolinks and could not be happier with them. Why do you feel they are garbage?

[Nooch]

I'm not thinking they're garbage, but I switch wheels back and forth a lot and just found setting up the older dual pivot red brakes to be easier for me -- and this could just be my experience and mechanical skill level.

[ltwtsculler91]

I'm not thinking they're garbage, but I switch wheels back and forth a lot and just found setting up the older dual pivot red brakes to be easier for me -- and this could just be my experience and mechanical skill level.

Dual pivot are definitely WAY easier to set up, but haven't noticed a big difference versus the newer stuff when stopping

[Jeff Borisch]

What makes setup hard? I have one bike with aerolink and several bikes with dual pivots of various qualities and I have not noticed them being more difficult.