I guess I just never found the bend to be that tight? I'd put'em on a Clementine without a second thought and not fuss with the pulleys, But I also like the look of looping housing on step throughs, so maybe I'm just odd like that.
On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 12:07:04 PM UTC-5, David Banzer wrote: > > I have cantis on my Clem as well. I'm considering the step-through > Clementine specifically with the tight angle in the Riv photo. I have > pulley already that has a built-in cable stop adjuster, curious if others > have gone this route. It's certainly not a dealbreaker, if I decide on > buying it then v-brakes certainly would be fine. Just considering options. > David > > On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 10:08:18 AM UTC-6, Zed Martinez wrote: >> >> I'm running cantilevers on my 52cm Clem just fine. The original concept >> spec for the Clems also said either V or cantis worked great on it. I'm >> using a standard Tektro binder bolt hanger on the rear and the Tektro >> fork-mounted one on the front. >> >> Matter o'fact, here's a canti'd Clementine from the original demo batch I >> had a saved picture of in my Clem notes archive (since with Riv, pics have >> a tendency to disappear over time). >> >> http://zedmartinez.com/samples/tumblr_nldrd6esBu1qe3ngpo2_1280.jpg >> >> On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 10:22:48 AM UTC-5, David Banzer wrote: >>> >>> With a tax refund heading my way, and a set of 26" wheels that have been >>> sitting around without a bike, AND a 45cm Clementine that was just posted, >>> I'm wondering if I should snag it for my wife. Probably not her first color >>> choice, but that's ok. >>> My question is: even though v-brakes work great and Riv is using them >>> more and more, what are the chances of easily running cantilever brakes, >>> specifically running cable housing to a pulley mounted on the seatpost >>> binder bolt area? >>> David >>> Chicago >>> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
