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CX build cross tops good idea or just excess weight

  • 10-01-2015 11:47am
    #1
    dvntie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭


    I can't figure out whether I should bother with cross tops or not to finish off my CX build.
    Anyone have any opinions on them?


Comments

  • #2
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,158 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Maybe useful for a commuting bike...but that's about it..


  • #3
    nak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    Not necessary for racing.


  • #4
    bobcranfret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭bobcranfret


    Some people think that having two braking options is not a good idea in an emergency. Your hands could lose valuable reaction time deciding which levers to choose. Like a car with two brake pedals. I had cross tops on my CX build with cantilever brakes. I never felt really confident in the stopping ability of those brakes. I subsequently put flat handlebars on the bike and switched to V brakes.


  • #5
    dvntie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭dvntie


    bobcranfret wrote: »
    Some people think that having two braking options is not a good idea in an emergency. Your hands could lose valuable reaction time deciding which levers to choose. Like a car with two brake pedals. I had cross tops on my CX build with cantilever brakes. I never felt really confident in the stopping ability of those brakes. I subsequently put flat handlebars on the bike and switched to V brakes.
    Cheers lads that's just confirmed what I thought re them being just excess weight
    my rebuild has discs and is a hefty 12kg so I think I'll not bother with them so. Unless I see a very convincing argument otherwise


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