on 6/1/10 9:20 AM, Ginz at theg...@gmail.com wrote: > How about older Shimano XT? Any good? NOS Suntours are going for > ridiculous money. Ridiculous.
If you have any kind of "Recyclery" or similar used parts shop in your area, there should be a plethora of canti-compatible levers. With the introduction of v-brakes back in the mid-ninties, there was the constant sound of mtb canti levers hitting shop floors all over the country as folks flocked to "upgrade". The only ones which can be problematic are the "Servo-wave" levers which used a camming system to increase pull as you squeezed the levers. They can be a little overwhelming. There weren't a lot of bad brake levers for canti's, and it's mostly a size and feel thing. XT's were superb, but it's hard to go too wrong. As has been pointed out, you want to make sure you are not using XT's for linear pull brakes. quoth Sheldon - "Direct-pull brake levers used with any other type of brakes will feel nice and solid when you squeeze them, but due to their lower mechanical advantage you'll need to squeeze twice as hard to stop as you should, so unless you are a lightweight rider with gorilla-like paws, this combination isn't safe either." - Jim -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Workshops of the iBob's Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines "My nighttime attitude is anyone can run you down and get away with it. That's why I don't even own a bike light or one of those godawful reflective suits. Because if you've put yourself in a position where someone has to see you in order for you to be safe...you've already blown it." -- Neal Stephenson, "Zodiac" -- 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-bu...@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.
