Bike at bedtime : Enigma Retro… feat Campagnolo Delta brakes

It’s 2013, your intrepid road.cc reporter is wading through a room full of highly polished lugs and whatnots at Bespoked Bristol. There a big story on the Enigma stand where the rather nifty Evoke Ti disc is being launched, but his eye is inexorably drawn to the bike next to it a pleasing confection made from lugged Columbus steel tubing rather than Enigma’s more usual Ti, but what really drew his eye was those Campag Delta brakes…

Oooooh they’re cool, and so shiny, and they might even stop you (providing you had your trusty 3.5mm Allen key to set them up right, oh and maybe chucked the original pads in the bin and replaced ‘em with some modern ones).  So what if they’re not light either, did I mention how  they look?

Fair to say the Campagnolo Delta brakes divide opinion to this day. Some say 'they look really cool, what more do you want from a brake?' And some say, 'I want to stop'. People still pay upwards of £400 for a set, sometimes even when they know the answer to the 'do they work?' question posed on the road.cc forum back in 2010. Not sure what The Hatter paid back in 2010 - wonder if he still has ‘em? 

Anyway, enjoy the ride and try not to have nightmares about stopping.