A friend of mine just set up a carbon cyclocross bike. He set it up all Campy, including these brakes: Campy Cross <http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Campagnolo-CX-Brakes-Cantilever-Front-Rear-Black-Cyclocross-Cross-Bike-/331327054763?pt=US_Brakes&hash=item4d24a1a3ab>
The pads are shortish, road-length ones, which helps. The other thing that was notable on my friend's bike is that the canti-posts on his frame and fork were really tall. They held the brakes far away from the fork blades and seatstays. It was the combination of the tall posts and the short brakepads that made his brakepads totally clear the frame and open super wide. Any tire his frame will take will clear, fully inflated. There's an advantage to having short posts. They flex less. The advantage to long posts is you can get super fat tires through more easily. On Thursday, September 25, 2014 8:59:46 PM UTC-7, AaronY wrote: > > Hey Bunch, > > I'm looking for some new Canti's and specifically want a set that will > open nice and wide to avoid having to deflate large tires when putting the > wheel in and out. Riv sells the Shimano CX-70 that do this well > apparently. Are there other suggestions though as those are $120 per pair. > > Also, what's the deal with the CX-70s? Is it just the pads that are > installed are short enough to miss most fork blades? If so, what problems > might crop up if shorter pads are installed on other types of cantis? > > Thanks, > > Aaron Young > the Dalles, OR > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
