Three years of development and Paul think they nailed it, 100% designed, tested and manufactured in house. Settling on the tried and true ball bearing in a ramp system, Paul refined some details; using bigger balls for smoothness and increased pad travel and hardened steel for where the balls contact the ramps.
Then instead of a plastic thrust washer, they used a flat needle roller thrust bearing. As for the caliper body - Paul beefed up the body where needed and added “fangs” to the inner backing plate all to increase stiffness. For easy pad adjustability but staying power, detents were designed into the circumference, located with spring ball plungers. The pads are Kool-Stop sintered metallic. We believe this is the best mechanical caliper ever made for a bicycle. Available in long pull and short pull, just change the actuating arm, both of which are available separately. Specifications:
- Material: 6061 Aluminium | Heat Treated Steel
- Cable Pull: Short Pull, Long Pull or Campa
- Brake Pads: Kool-Stop Disc Brake Pad for Avid Elixir Metallic
- Weight: 211g
- price for one caliper
- Black/Orange, Silver/Orange, All Black or All Silver
Short Pull: This version is designed to work with road levers, including SRAM, Shimano and combined shifter/brake levers. It also works great with the Canti Lever, our short-pull flat bar brake lever.
Long Pull: This version is designed to work with long-pull brake levers, such as the kind that work with V or linear-pull brakes. Our Love Levers work especially well with this model. It also works well with long-pull drop bar levers, such as the Cane Creek Drop V.
Campagnolo: Campy uses a super-short cable pull, so this Klamper uses a super short Campy-only actuator arm.
We can get you all versions of the Klamper not in stock (other colours, Long Pull or Campa) if you get in touch with us.
