On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 3:53:00 AM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > From what I see on the forums, it's the cyclocross bikes that seem to > have the worst time with brake shudder. The "impossible to adjust" is, > in my opinion, down to incompetent mechanics. Hard, sure; impossible, > nonsense. >
Agree, on my bike I was using a Campy ergo lever with a crappy front suntour xc pro canti brake, and kool stop salmon pads, I would get it working nicely for a couple of rides, then it would revert back to the shuddering and chattering that I hated when braking! Then I put on a cheapie tektro 926al front mini-v and lo and behold, no more chattering/shuddering/squealing! It just worked! I'll admit to being a crappy mechanic and believe that the suntour is either a terrible front brake or a very difficult one to adjust. Interestingly, I had the suntour on the rear and had zero problems with it. So, I left it on. But, mini-v brakes are my choice for a front brake. Of course, you excellent mechanics can make anything work, so YMMV! Good Luck! > > On 05/24/2016 05:03 AM, Matt B. wrote: > > For the life of me I can't understand the bad rap cantilever brakes > > get in these discussions. I've had them on most of my bikes, from old > > mafac or dia compe style to newer shimano style, and have never had a > > difficult time adjusting them or maintaining them, or using them in > > the rain, or snowy weather (provided you know what to expect from > > them, you can account for it in your riding). I ride daily year round > > and am sticking with cantilevers, but have also used and would be fine > > with old weinmann centerpulls, sidepulls, or u-brakes. > > > > The horrible reputation cantilevers (and now all rim brakes in some > > cases) have, when these kinds of 'this or that' argument come up, > > tends to make me mistrust similar sentiments about other technology > > with which I don't have any experience. I get the feeling issues just > > get blown way the hell out of proportion. > > -- 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.
