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The 57mm drop will allow you to fit the calipers on touring or comuting style frames where you have larger diameter tyres. If the fork is designed to take mud guards so allowing a greater clearance between the tyre and the top of the fork then the longer drop of 57mm will be required. If using on a more race style bike with say 23mm or 25mm tyres with little clearance above the tyre then a shorter drop of 47mm would be more appropriate and clean looking. although these calipers would still work you would just have more unused caliper beyond where the pads sits.
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You need to take a HORIZONTAL line through the centre of the bolt that fixes the brakes to the frame. The drop is the VERTICAL distance below this line to the centre of the brake blocks.
Simplistically it's the distance from the retaining bolt measured straight downwards to where the wheel rim is.
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It is the vertical distance between the centre hole on the fork to the centre of the braking surface.
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you get frount and back for the price
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Two : One front and one rear
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Yes, Front & Back.
2 years, 9 months ago
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Yes you get both front and rear for the price, so a bargain.
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Pair, front and back
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Front and back brakes are included
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The set includes both front and rear brakes
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2 years, 2 months ago
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Yes it Does, sold as a pair. Check whether you need to get longer fixing nut for the front brake. Standard 10mm long nuts supplied. Most modern forks require a longer nut usually 18mm nut should do the trick.
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Yes it does. Great value for the pair
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Yes, both front and rear are included
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Yes you get both front and rear calipers
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I got a set (front & rear) , but at that price I am not surprised you asked.
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recessed similar to shimano and tektro
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Nuts/bolts are recessed 6mm and 8mm holes needed I think?
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Yes, the nut is recessed, so the hole needs to be bigger at the back than for the bolt at the front - I just drilled it out
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Auckland
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They are allen key recessed
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I've got these set up on my bike with the Miche Race Clincher Road Bike Wheelset and I'm having problems getting sufficient braking power - they slow down the wheel rather than bringing it to a complete stop, and it feels rather weak compared to the setup I had before.
I've adjusted the brakes so they're within a millimetre of the rim, tightened the barrel adjuster, replaced the pads and cleaned the rims, but it still feels sluggish and rubbish. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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I can confirm that this sounds like an issue with the pull ratio on your brake lever. Please email the tech team on sales@wiggle.co.uk and they will help resolve this issue for you. I hope this helps.
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They come with pretty poor pads. They will stop your bike, but you should get some cartridge ones. i'd rather have very poor/no pads anyway. I'd rather pay for better calipers than average pads.
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I have an old road bike and my current brakes have Traditional Nutted Rear Caliper fixings (right hand side of attached picture). What type of fixing do these brakes have. Also can either type be used on any bike regardless of age?
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I used the front caliper on the rear with a dished washer and the rear caliper on the front with the nut sitting inside the fork.
Check out Sheldon Brown
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These are recessed. Unfortunately (for you).
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I put this breaks on an old Raleigh 84.
- The front break on the back using the old nut of my previous break.
- The Back break on fork using the Front allen nut (wich is longer) and it fit perfect.
I case of the diameter of the steering tube being wider than the nut. you can put the nut in only one fixed point. I mean bike upside down, long tool put the nut inside the fork (inside the steering tube hole ) that should work too.
2 years, 10 months ago
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I'd to drill out the mounting holes on the frame of my old road bike to fit these. I think it was an 8mm bit I used. They have the modern threaded threaded sleeve with a recessed hex to secure to the frame. It worked fine.
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These would not be suitable as they have the now de rigeur allen key fitting.
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I don't think you should have any major problems with compatability. The calipers fix to the frame with a recessed allen bolt, but diameters are fairly standard and I swap them around merrily.
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Yes. Though I highly suggest buying in other brake pads as these ones wear very quickly
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Yes brake pads are supplied.
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Supplied pads are the only weak point... I changed mine,
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yes they do i bought them and was pleased with these brakes. very good indeed.
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Yes, they come with the brake pads. They're the all-in-one type rather than the alternatives with replaceable pad inserts though but that's all you can expect for this price.
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I mean the main screw is too short to thread through the frame a be secured on the other side, any idea or was it just my fault?
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Yes, you're rigth.
I made a bigger hole in the frame.
So, the first part of the screw can como into, and the only the end wold over the frame.
It looks nice, and I think is sure enough.
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Did you used the correct brake? The front brake is normally fitted in a thicker part of the fork and thus fitted with a larger screw. The back brake is mounted in a thinner bridge over the rear wheel and thus fitted with a smaller screw. There are larger screws for sale though in order to solve the problem.
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This isn't your fault - I had a similar problem. I had to enlarge the existing hole in the frame using an 8mm drill. That allows the barrel nut to catch the threads and tighten on to the frame.
If it's the front brake I just had to drill the rear hole to 8mm but on the back brake, because of the location I had to drill out both front and back as I couldn't access just the front hole because of my frame getting in the way of the drill. Hasn't affected the brakes in any way.
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I had the same issue on the old steel forks I tried to fit mine to.I just re-drilled the forks to accept the wider diameter sleeved nut-No problem!
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Even without spacers it is still too short to come out on the other side, I have fitted only the one break that has the longest screw.
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Try leaving out 1 of the two spacers.
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The type of brake cable will depend on what levers you are using not the calipers, ie: shimano or campag or sram etc. I personally like the black snake cables as they seem to be of good quality and smooth to boot. clark cables are cheap and work effectivley but do seem to stretch a little over time, although they will be perfectly aduaquate for most applications where price is more important than quality, just buy the ones that fit your levers.
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These will work with basically any road bike brake cables.
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All brake cables will work with these brakes.
The difference is in the type of nipple the brake lever end has. Brake cables come with both types (one at each end) and you cut off the one you don't need, leaving a clear piece of cable that the brake itself will clamp.
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You can use any Shimano compatible brake cables from Shimano, Transfil, Gore, Nokon, Sram or similar
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