Paul Component Engineering Klampers and Canti Lever Long Term Review – By Mark Peterson Ed – Hi, Folks! Apologies to Mark for the delay in getting this story posted. He sent this review a few weeks back and I am happy to finally get it posted for you all to read. Thanks, Mark, for the story! ~ […]
Howdy fat-bike friends! Our friend from out Ogden way, Mr. Mark Peterson, put together this review of Paul Component Engineering’s 2017 Klamper brake and their Canti-Lever. Form NAHBS to the trails, Mark has the scoop! 2017 Klampers and the Canti-Lever Review – By Mark Peterson I have been a longtime fan of Paul Component’s. I have […]
We first got a look at Paul Component Engineering’s Klamper brake as a prototype a couple of years back at Interbike when Paul showed us the first versions of the brake at his booth. At the 2015 show I cajoled Paul a bit more as I really wanted to get them on my rig to […]
Back at the beginning of the winter riding season, the old dependable mailman dropped off a box from Wisconsin. Surprised to find it devoid of cheap beer and cheese curds, I was delighted to see a full setup of the new Rever MTN1 Brakes. Living up North in Fairbanks, I’ve always used mechanical disc brakes, […]
Uncle Gomez got his hands on what we believe is the first production version of the new Rever MTN1 mechanical disc brakes in the US! (We expect to see the retail shipment very soon!) Before we sent the MTN1s to our Alaskan testing partner and ITI champion, Kevin Breitenbach, up there in Fairbanks, AK I […]
As some of you might remember, I have a bike named, Otis, that just recently celebrated its first birthday! Back around x-mas time we ran a long term review of Otis where we mentioned that we’ve been working on a little project to upgrade Otis’s wardrobe. We code named this operation #otisgetspimped. In other words, we’re going to take […]
Ogden, Utah fat-bike ambassador and fat-bike.com contributor, Mark Peterson, has been using TRP Brakes Spyke mechanical all summer and has this report on how they have been performing. Thanks, Mark! I have ridden the TRP Spyke all summer and they just keep getting better and better. After a short break in period to deposit pad […]
Mark Peterson and I were at Saddle Drive a couple of weeks ago and met up with David from TRP who showed us an intriguing new mechanical brake called the Spyke. David set up Mark with a set to test so let’s see what the Spyke is all about! With the designation “proto type 01” […]
The Magura MT2 is the entry level hydraulic brake from the venerable German brake manufacturer and we’ve got a set to test! Like all the brakes in the MT line the MT2 uses a full hydraulic system with a dual piston, floating caliper. In fact, all the brakes are mechanically the same. More $$ get […]
