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Are road caliper brakes usually compatible with any model of lever/STI shifter?
I have a Specialized Allez 16 (2011) road bike with Shimano 2300 STI shifters and no-name brand caliper brakes. The brakes have always felt a bit mushy despite my best efforts at adjustment/replacing ...
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Are all side-pull road bicycle brakes compatible?
I'm new to road bikes, but have been building mountain bikes for many years. I purchased a cheap road bike (at BSO price level) which I am upgrading for fun.
I'd like to upgrade the brakes to ...
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Thinking of upgrading my brakes to these, is there an issue with "mushy" braking?
I want to get these in combination with new levers for my bike, but under the description it says:
"Use of these calipers with standard SLR enabled STI and brake levers results in a "mushy" brake ...
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