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Chilli Rinse:
After a comment by Griff in my last topic Old or new ??? I like the idea of buying 80's copies rather than DC repops for my brakes. The appeal is obviously cost and also a slightly more 'honest' build. That in mind as topic title suggest ... Chang Star or Lee Chi? Is there a better copy to go with or are they pretty much on par. Your thoughts please !

dancetothedrummersbeat:
If I recall, the Chang Star brake MX1000 callipers look better than the Lee Chi's. The MX logo is moulded/cast into the calliper arm, just like DC ones. I think the Lee Chi ones just have an MX decal with a circle around it. I had 2 nice sets of Lee Chi Tech 3 style levers, so wanted callipers to match. I got some Chang Stars, stripped & polished them up, designed some Lee Chi 'kidney' shaped decals, and got them printed onto clear backing. I stuck these onto some shiny sticky backing  :daumenhoch:

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Chilli Rinse:
Yeah bang on, the casting issue of the MX  looks better on the Changs. But the Lee Chi casting looks crisper on the rest of the Calipers from the very limited digging I've done (1/2 hour tonight). Interesting!

Chilli Rinse:
Not so sure now ???

dancetothedrummersbeat:
The MX decal on the Lee Chi's killed it for me. One of my favourite bike parts are MX style calipers, and I love the moulded/cast indented MX. The Lee Chi levers looked better, so I just did a mix & match and changed the decals. Looks better, even if not 100% authentic/correct - that's only my view, but that's the beauty of the hobby - your bike, your rules  fistblump

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