Good luck. I had the same pblm w ultegra levers and cantis and was never able to resolve it. The pblm went away when I replaced the levers with cane creek and silver be shifters. Voilà, no more problem. Soon after I replaced the br550 calipers w paul's neo retros and have been very happy with the shifting and ecstatic with the brakeing. Michael
On Oct 5, 10:37 am, GeorgeS <chobur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Until recently I had never had a bike with cantilever brakes so I am > coming to the subject with almost total ignorance. I mounted a set of > IRD Cafam brakes that I got from RBW on a new Surly. The levers are > Shimano Tiagra. My problem is with the front brake. When the > straddle cable is adjusted so that the brakes come in contact with the > rim before the levers bottom out (about 3/4, feels OK), the left brake > arm (left as I'm facing the brake) does not retract away from the rim > when I release the lever. With no pressure on the lever, the brake > stays in contact with the rim. The right arm pops away from the rim > like it should. I can correct this by adjusting the straddle cable > but then the levers bottom out and I don't feel I've got enough > pressure on the rim to stop when I'm riding fast. Suggestions? I've > thought of changing the spring tension on the left side (now the > spring is in the middle hole) but I wanted to get advice before I went > that route. My sense is that the left brake is not pivoting on the > post as it should. What about giving the inside of the cantilever > hole some polishing with a dremel? Thanks. > George Strickler > New Orleans --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
