EE Cycleworks partners with Cane Creek

[corky]

Ok, this all sounds a lot more positive and helps to alleviate any worries that the brakes might get watered down........

Hopefully it won't be too long before they are available again

[spartan]

high production costs really i believe 5 years ago ee moved to forged parts to cut costs, but msrp went up. i owned a pair. light reasonable power/modulation but dura-ace 9000 is vastly superior. the new 9100 have incresed the stiffness another 40%... stick with dura-ace and spend the money saved towards carbon wheels

[corky]

high production costs really i believe 5 years ago ee moved to forged parts to cut costs, but msrp went up. i owned a pair. light reasonable power/modulation but dura-ace 9000 is vastly superior. the new 9100 have incresed the stiffness another 40%... stick with dura-ace and spend the money saved towards carbon wheels

This is weight weenies...... The DA are boat anchors compared to EE........

[Marin]

Plus, how good brakes do you really need if you don't have serious finger strength issues?

There's only so much grip, and I can lift my rear wheel in the dry on brakes much less powerful than DAs.

[jimborello]

I hope they could bring prices a bit down. It is hard to justify 600 for a set of brakes no matter how good they are

[jrmynthn]

I hope they could bring prices a bit down. It is hard to justify 600 for a set of brakes no matter how good they are

I thought the same until I got onto a set. Timing is everything. With the news of the partnership between eeCycleworks and Cane Creek it's very coincidental. But if you or anyone else is interested I just posted my review of the eeBrakes. You can read the eeBrakes review here

[sugarkane]

high production costs really i believe 5 years ago ee moved to forged parts to cut costs, but msrp went up. i owned a pair. light reasonable power/modulation but dura-ace 9000 is vastly superior. the new 9100 have incresed the stiffness another 40%... stick with dura-ace and spend the money saved towards carbon wheels

The forged tooling is very very expensive.. Craig moved to forged parts as they are a lot stronger and have a higher stiffness to weight ratio. It certainly wasn't to cut costs.. He has always strived to produce the best product he can... And I don't know where you get your '9000 is vastly superior' comment from.. That's a total load of rubbish. A test done back to back with campag SR and shimano DA brakes by Matt Wikstrom at cycling tips was able to determine that the 9000s had a wee bit more power, on bontrager carbon wheels in the wet... And he's a very analytical tester who does a mountain of product testing...

[newforker]

craig was always a pleasure to deal with, hopefully the quality stays the same, production is ramped up and other projects (crank) become available to the public..