I'm with Deacon on this. I have 720s on one bike & Paul's on another. No comparison. I also agree with his set up. Intuitively, picturing how all levers work, it seems necessary to keep the straddle cable close to 90o to the brake arm. Hence hi profile brake work best with a hi straddle cable (and Paul recommends at least 5" for the neo retros) and shorter cables for low profile brakes like shimano. I owned V brakes briefly and know that some people really like them, but I'm a 200 lb. rider and can lift the rear wheel off the ground when I slam on the neo-retros. I owe em my life and I'm sticking with em.
Michael On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 12:32:25 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > "The lower the straddle cable, the more mechanical advantage - goes for > every cantilever brake you will come across." > > True in the mathematical sense. Misleading in the practical sense. Wide, > low cantilevers like CR720s and M.A.F.A.C. and others don't change much at > all with straddle height. Run them high or run them low, they feel about > the same. The place where straddle height would make a difference with > CR720 is where the straddle is inside the tire....which causes other > problems. 😉 > -- 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.
