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'Disc brakes will take over' - the man from TRP tells us why

Tektro have over 160 CNC machines working 24/7. They produce 20,000 road caliper brakes a month – nearly quarter of a million per year. And that’s nothing compared to the number of hydraulic disc brakes they make: 2.2 million per year. In short, they know a thing or two about brakes, so when the Marketing Director of TRP, Tektro’s high-end division, says that disc brakes are going to take over in every sector of cycling in the next few years, you have to take it seriously.

First Ride: TRP HyRd disc brakes

We go for a spin on TRP's brand new anchors ahead of our full test

Tektro R310 Caliper brakeset *Brand New*

For sale is my Tektro R310 brakeset from my brand new Giant Defy 4, hence the brakes and pads are new too.

They're alloy chrome finished too.

£30 posted which is fair seeing as postage is included.

Specs:

•Dual pivot caliper brake
•Melt forged aluminium arms
•Quick release mechanism
•With P452 pads
•Dimension : 39 - 51mm
•Standard finish
•Weight 181grams each/362grams pair.

Email me on kinetic_uk_2010@yahoo.co.uk if interested.

Cheers.

Tektro CR720 Quartz series cantilevers

Price: 
£22.99

Tektro's 720 are the best cantilevers I've used with drop levers and would be choice upgrades for the lower profile original equipment (OEM) type often fitted to mid range production cross/multi sport and Audax bikes. That said their broad profile and sharp styling doesn't look out of place on older mountain and touring mounts either. Frankly, there's no reason to pay more unless addicted to exotica or desperate to shave every last gram.

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Tektro R538 long drop brakes

Price: 
£44.99

Tektro's R538 long drop callipers are aimed at big-tyred tourers and town bikes and they're a good quality unit with a couple of nice touches. The bolts get rusty quickly, and the pads are a bit scratchy, but they're pretty well-made for the money.

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Tektro RL520 V-brake compatible drop levers

Price: 
£17.99

Dead ringers for Cane Creek SCR-5V V brake compatible drop levers, Tektro’s RL520 are pretty much all the lever you’ll need whether upgrading the stoppers on a commu-tourer or transforming older mountain bikes into drop bar crossers’ and/or rough stuff tourers. They won’t detract on more expensive bikes either thanks to shapely curves and surprisingly high lustre anodised finish. The only fly in the ointment is their deeply recessed mounting bolt- Allen keys typically found on multi tools don’t have enough reach.

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Tektro R200 drop levers

Price: 
£24.99

Tektro’s R200 are perfect for anyone seeking modern Campag pattern levers on a Cinderella budget and great for stopping laden tourers, lightweight crossers, winter trainers and frisky fixers or indeed any other mount that doesn’t require STI/Ergo shifters.

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