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Good Canti's, or go linear?
neil0502 wrote:
The shifters on my old MTB blew out last week. Replaced them, the bars, and all cables. That all seems fine. Pulled off my cantilever brakes, f&r, greased studs, then looked the parts over. Pads have dry rot, hardware is rusted. Small parts add up quickly. I'd like to replace. My ?'s : Seems like there are some pretty good canti's on the market right now, reasonably priced (e.g., Avids). There's also the option of using a pulley gizmo (Sheldon Brown's article: http://tinyurl.com/37fcx) and installing a direct-pull brake. Are canti's dated technology, or a brake that's applicable only to tourers and obsolete MTB's? I never had a problem setting them up, or getting an appropriate degree of mechanical advantage. Are direct-pulls just a better design, and worth any compromise that the 'Travel Agent' gizmo might imply? Should the brake boss care which I put on? V-brakes are lovely, although you'll have to get the right levers. A full Deore set including cables is very cheap and works better than anything else I've tried. The LX and higher V-brakes have parallel push arms, which can squeal like a pig if the pivots get sloppy. So personally I'd have the V-brakes :-) |
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Good Canti's, or go linear?
I don't think V-Dapters are made any more, so Sheldon's (and my) canti
conversion is no longer an option, I believe. You could machine a piece of aluminum to accept a Travel Agent. But it's clunky. I recently switched out my V-Dapter canti converted uprights for a set of Tektro mini-v's and with a travel agent they work perfectly, even with STI road levers. http://www.bestwebbuys.com/bikes/sea...=tektro+mini-v - - "May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills!" Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman" Chris'Z Corner http://www.geocities.com/czcorner |
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Good Canti's, or go linear?
I don't think V-Dapters are made any more, so Sheldon's (and my) canti
conversion is no longer an option, I believe. You could machine a piece of aluminum to accept a Travel Agent. But it's clunky. I recently switched out my V-Dapter canti converted uprights for a set of Tektro mini-v's and with a travel agent they work perfectly, even with STI road levers. http://www.bestwebbuys.com/bikes/sea...=tektro+mini-v - - "May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills!" Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman" Chris'Z Corner http://www.geocities.com/czcorner |
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Good Canti's, or go linear?
"neil0502" wrote
and installing a direct-pull brake. Are canti's dated technology, or a brake that's applicable only to tourers and obsolete MTB's? I never had a problem setting them up, or getting an appropriate degree of mechanical advantage. Are direct-pulls just a better design, and worth any compromise that the 'Travel Agent' gizmo might imply? Should the brake boss care which I put on? I've switched a couple of bikes from canti to V, mostly because I got new brifters with V levers and didn't want to screw around with a mechanical advantage adjuster. I don't think it made any difference. Both types of brakes seem to work identically. |
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Good Canti's, or go linear?
"neil0502" wrote
and installing a direct-pull brake. Are canti's dated technology, or a brake that's applicable only to tourers and obsolete MTB's? I never had a problem setting them up, or getting an appropriate degree of mechanical advantage. Are direct-pulls just a better design, and worth any compromise that the 'Travel Agent' gizmo might imply? Should the brake boss care which I put on? I've switched a couple of bikes from canti to V, mostly because I got new brifters with V levers and didn't want to screw around with a mechanical advantage adjuster. I don't think it made any difference. Both types of brakes seem to work identically. |
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