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I bought a bike a earlier this year after a 30 year hiatus from riding, the
bike is a Hybrid with V-brakes, which work great. Getting the itch to try a
road bike I found a used but like-new low end road bike, a Giant OCR3. The
brakes are no-name "dual pivot long reach" the same brakes Giant puts on the
OCR2 and OCR1. At first I thought they were Sora brakes, since some of the
drivetrain is, but they are unbranded. They don't work very well, at least
not compared to the V-brakes on the other bike. The rims are very clean and
like new, as are the brake pads, the brakes are properly adjusted, centered
and each pad about 4mm-5mm away from the rims. They just don't stop the bike
well. So the question is two-fold:
1. Will better brakes, like Shimano Ultegra or something like that work
better? or
2. Is this the nature of Road Bike brakes?
3. Will other pads help?
thanks to all
bike is a Hybrid with V-brakes, which work great. Getting the itch to try a
road bike I found a used but like-new low end road bike, a Giant OCR3. The
brakes are no-name "dual pivot long reach" the same brakes Giant puts on the
OCR2 and OCR1. At first I thought they were Sora brakes, since some of the
drivetrain is, but they are unbranded. They don't work very well, at least
not compared to the V-brakes on the other bike. The rims are very clean and
like new, as are the brake pads, the brakes are properly adjusted, centered
and each pad about 4mm-5mm away from the rims. They just don't stop the bike
well. So the question is two-fold:
1. Will better brakes, like Shimano Ultegra or something like that work
better? or
2. Is this the nature of Road Bike brakes?
3. Will other pads help?
thanks to all