On to the Tektro brakes and they’re best described as… adequate. That is to say they bring you to a halt. We found that hunkered down on the drops, the performance was best with our fingers at the very bottom tips of the levers, but when squeezing from the hoods the performance was only passable. There are worse brakes out there, but the performance of the current ‘new’ crop of dual pivot and direct mount brakes from the likes of Shimano mean that the Tektro calipers do feel inadequate, particularly on a bike of this price, and the Reacto DA Ltd deserves better.