Last time I was at Rivendell, I bought the Yokozunas they sell in both smooth and threaded (I needed threaded). Their spacers and cupped washers were really easy to set up and adjust. When I was there, I noticed all the brake pads were toed in to the front to keep them from squealing which is the opposite from what I had always done in the past. Keven suggested that I take a piece of sandpaper, fold it in half, place it in the back and compress the brakes to get the angle. I combined that tip with Grant's bike geek tip on the Blug about using a section of inner tube as a parking brake. It was just the right pressure so I could align everything with the brakes engaged and then crank them tight in position. I can't speak to longevity of the pads but I have had no problems with squealing brakes since.
John On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 4:09:18 PM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: > > Hey Rivsters, > > I'm currently using Paul Component > <http://www.paulcomp.com/touringcanti.html> Touring Canti Brakes with the > Koolstop <http://www.koolstop.com/english/thinline.html> thinline salmon > pads on my Atlantis. > > The rear were never properly toed in or aligned with the rim surface so > they wore funny and now squeal. > > Here's my question, can you run the Eagle 2 > <http://www.koolstop.com/english/eagle2.html>pads with these Canti's. > Paul components doesn't say anything other than they come with the thin > line. > > It's my notion that the shorter the pad length the easier to toe in the > pads to the rim surface thus eliminating the squeal. > > Thanks in advace for reading this and your subsequent suggestions and > feedback. > > ~Hugh > Los Angeles, CA > -- 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.
