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No longer are Avid’s Ball Bearing disc brakes the only option for bikes with drop bars. The Tektro Lyra disc brakes are powerful lightweight and work with road or cantilever levers.
Available in black or white (the orange version shown is only available as an OEM component), the Lyra come standard with 140mm rotors. Even with the optional 160mm rotors, the weight is just over 240 grams per wheel.
The Lyra are definitely a no-frills component. They lack the competition’s convenient tool-free pad adjustment mechanism, instead opting to keep things simple with just a barrel adjustor for the cable tension (and subsequently the outboard pad).
After a brief break-in period, I found the Lyra’s braking to be consistent and powerful, with good modulation. I will admit that I’ve had a difficult time getting rid of a minor chattering noise that comes from the rear brake when light braking pressure is applied, but it’s nothing that effects their performance.
When it comes down to brass tacks, the Lyra disc brakes work well and don’t require much, if any, maintenance. They retail for $64.99 per wheel. Visit www.tektro.com for more info.
Are you going to stretch this Marin Lombard review into 20 posts?
The bike review is forthcoming.
Good to see that there’s competition out there, but I don’t see why anyone would choose this over the cheaper, well-loved and better appointed Avid BB7.
How does the lever feel compare to the Avid BB7 road?
Well Im so not happy with the brakes, i start to pull and slow down and then there’s a clunk and the brakes fail, this happens occasionally which makes it dangerous..