This is all very interesting. I have bad fork shudder on one of my bikes (with Shimano BR-R550's). I bought one of those fork mount cable hangers a while ago because I changed headsets and wasn't sure if the hanger would fit. I'm going to try the fork mount hanger and see if it solves the problem.
Brad On Aug 27, 12:52 pm, MitchK <mi...@kirsol.com> wrote: > On Aug 26, 10:28 am, chris love <melvinl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Anybody have any experience with eliminating fork shudder with > > cantis? I'm running Tektro CR720's. > > Yes, on my Surly LHT with the exact same brake as you. It developed > after a while, it wasn't there originally. > > Drove me nuts. I played with toe-in, pads, cleaning rims, cable > "leverage", etc., all to no avail. I didn't try the fork mounted cable > hanger, but I was pondering it. > > It wasn't until I ran across a thread somewhere which suggested > checking headset adjustment. I tightened my headset a bit, and the > shudder was diminished. A bit more, diminished more. One final bit, > and it was gone (maybe a quarter turn or so total). Note that the > headset wasn't theoretically too loose before (based on bearing play) > and I don't think it's too tight now. Still turns smoothly without > binding. For what it's worth my headset is a Cane Crake S-3. > > Mitch --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
