Wow , once again another great video. Taking me back. 50 years ,always hated center pull brakes found them to be too fidgety. Looking forward to your next video. All the best!
This was a fantastic video watched the whole thing. With my Suntour and Shimano vintage bike building, I am EXTREMELY uneducated with Campagnolo and you are teaching me all the cool history and details! I was aware of delta brakes but wow, how many parts are in that brake caliper is crazy!
Thanks for the Kool Stop brake pad tip. My vintage Campagnolo brake pads are hard like rocks, and I just order Campy replacements. I will try Kool Stop next time.
I am always surprised center pull brakes never work as well as you would expect . You would have thought it was the most straight forward design . Years ago i had some delta (version ?) on a tt bike and they were ok at stopping , but you never felt like you could lock up your back wheel without both hands.
I figure its down to mechanical loss - despite the quality fit of the parts and pivots, there`s just too many small parts that can flex ever so slightly that adds up to... modulation... or the feeling that you could never get them to lock a wheel up... Dan
Almost picked up Campy Delta on eBay for a pricey import. After watching this video I changed my mind and stick to my C-super record, on a Colnago. They work great and looks classy. I subscribed.
My dad had the Shimano versions. I think they were 600 or Dura Ace AX. Compared to the Delta's, they were pig-ugly as were the Shimano elongated aero brake levers with hoods in this horrible greenish colour. I would have loved some Delta's but being a young tester, what I really lusted after was a set of Modolo Kronos. They looked far more minimalist and slightly futuristic for the time. No way near as beautiful as the Deltas, but they looked fast. The Kronos calipers were also centre-pull and the iconic levers were extremely popular with the UK time trial scene in the mid-late 80's . They still occasionally crop up on ebay, and if I ever get round to finally rebuilding my old 80's frameset..............haha.
@@andymossYep, heard the same but havn`t worked on a set - suprised by how easy adjustments are on the deltas and how adjustable they are - especially toe in and pad angle, Dan
Blimey, thought I was the going mad being the only one that super glues the ends of cables - ferrule ends drive me mad! Clean cut and super glue - neat, doesn`t unwind and you can strip and refit the cable - a no brainer, Dan
Have Record C 1st edition on my silver Alan with Campy pro fit clipless pedals , to my eye the Deltas look too big , cobaltos a bit dated , went with Chorus monoplanars 1st ed . Record C 1st ed cranks are the most beautiful in cycling , same goes for the 1st ed rear derailleur with the shield and no pulley shield cut outs . 2000 era smooth titanium skewers also look good .
Thus writes somebody who has not had a set of these brakes in their hands. The design may have been flawed, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I think one thing they are not is 'ugly'.
@@kris8165 Easy there guys, its just a set of brakes - beauty and/or ugly has no definitive answer, just personal taste - I did read about some chap who thought they reminded him of a fat mechanic in overrals working on a bike from behind and I can kind of see that.... Dan.
