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These fit to my favorite play bike, a hardtail dropbar mountain bike for long days. The shortpull brake levers are “good enough,” I do think they feel slightly soft/elastic on Spyres even with non-compression housing. The shift mechs are good— they are running 3x9 for me, on XT/XTR super wide (22/34/46 11-32). The bike sees everything from long paved pass descents to 25% loose singletrack climbs—it’s like 640% range and they all actually get used. As said everywhere, shifting on modern cassettes is sorta close/ramped enough to keep shifts in good order and non-clacky. I think I will ultimately put the biggest internal pulley on the left/front/triple derailler— the two big throws now feel very big there. The “return” spring effect on the small levers on both deraillers is a bit weak, I am trying to ensure the cable housing paths are clean. Strong recommendation for these brifters tho— these are nice and high quality bits, and nothing else does what they do. (Prev I used Kelly Takeoffs with Ultegra Barend 3x9 Levers for 12 years)
Nice beautifully made padding for my wife’s basket and bag. Used it on some chunkier terrain this past week and helped reduce rattling on the metal basket and some added piece of mind for the delicate items in the bag.
I find this Velo Orange leather saddle to be very comfortable for me. It also looks great and the craftsmanship is excellent. I've installed it on my Polyvalent Low Kicker and it just complements the bike.
I now have 3 bikes with Zeste cantilever brakes, the oldest is from 2012 and is still working great after thousands of miles on numerous extended tours. Light weight and powerful enough for fully loaded touring in the mountains with plenty of adjustments so set-up and maintenance is easy. I have other brands of cantis which are lighter or have slightly better stopping power but they come with drawbacks. These are the best all around cantis, period, especially for the very reasonable price.
I have these brakes on two bikes. I liked them so much on my drop bar gravel bike that I got a set for my alt bar ATB. I just took that bike on some mountain bike trails and the brakes work great. Gobs of stopping power, and the ability to feather. When you can have brakes that look this sexy, I don't see the point in buying hydros ever again.
Comfy!!!!!! feels great, after each ride.
Very comfortable. Like it so much I bought two.
I’m super happy with this. It fit the cantilever bosses on my old Bianchi Advantage, and it works great with a Wald 137.
My second VO stem, affordable, very lightweight, and trustworthy. What’s not to love?
I was a little uncertain how to install the porteur, so I sent an email for some more information. Some good pictures of the hardware grouped together were included that made installation a breeze. It will last a lifetime. Thanks VO!
Easy to install, look great and work flawlessly.
Fenders are a pain in general to install. Only had to stop at the hardware store twice, which I'll call a win. All in they took about 8 hours to install, but it was worth it. They really elevate the look of my bike.
Carries all my stuff for daily rides, easy to take off and put on the bike so I can grab it and take my stuff with me instead of leaving it on the bike when I go inside somewhere.
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