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Submitted by
Bob™
a Cross Country Rider
from New York
Date Reviewed: 6/20/2002 6:27:33 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $31 |
| Purchased At: | BMW |
| Strengths: | Stiff, does it's job. |
| Weaknesses: | Mounting hardware not included. Mine appears to have been used. |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | Hardtail with flexy seatstays |
| Bottom Line: | The booster does its job well. After you make the trip to the hardware store that is. You'll need 25mm M5 bolts and a bunch of stainless steel washers to space the booster out from your v-brakes if you're using them. Not so much a complaint, it'd be nice if they mentioned it though. Mine also had some "memory gouges" where it appeared to have been mounted before. Not a problem as I needed to use the other (lower) set of mounting holes anyway. By the way, this booster will accept huge tires. I'm runnning a Geax 2.25 which is very tall, and there's still good mud clearance. Oh well, the product works, I get to support the home team, and hey, they're not Shimano. It cured most of the flex on the seatstays and braking has improved. |
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Submitted by
mike eckley
a Weekend Warrior
from avon lake, oh USA
Date Reviewed: 2/26/2002 7:01:08 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $25 |
| Purchased At: | brooklyn machine works |
| Strengths: | rare - strong - looks - |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | salsa - dkg - shimano - curve - odysey - fishbone |
| Bike Setup: | '01 GT zaskar team, prolink transam seat,thomson stem and post,easton ec70 flatbar,altek levers,odi ruffian w/lockjaw grips, '00 esp 9.0sl carbon look gripshifters,rock shox sid race carbon fork,raceface forged lp crankset w/phil wood stainless bb,xtr front der.,9.0sl rear der.,avid mag. copper brakes,time atac HP pedals,gore ride on brake cables,ride on lite shift cables, true precision stealth front hub w/20mm thru bolt,stealth rear w/12mm thru bolt,slver x517 mavic rims w/dt double butted spokes 3x32 f/r, fishbone rear brake booster,BROOKLYN MACHINE WORKS FRONT BRAKE BOOSTER! |
| Bottom Line: | IT ROCKS, I currently use salsa - shimano - dkg and fisbone boosters and this is as strong or stronger than the others. I like the rarity of it. If you want to improve braking performance get ANY booster! I have a friend ruuning the curve and odysey boosters and they are nice also, however the odysey is not very torsionally stiff at all so if you want to stiffen up the fork don't use it. http//www.brooklynmachineworks.com/ |
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