The Nitto M12 is also a suitable option for a canti brake bike ( of course you have to get the special brake bolts too.)
~mike On Jan 20, 2:35 pm, williwoods <willh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Which canti brakes do you have? Low profile or high profile? > integrated straddle hangers suck for this reason alone. integrated > hangers were made for ease of assembly not for flexibility in setup. > > Get a non integrated straddle hanger or if you have low profile brakes > go with high profile brakes which allow a higher straddle cable > placement. > > On my high profile cantis have the straddle hanger placed at about > the bottom headset cup (650b wheel) well out of the way to cause > interference. Braking performance is fantastic snappy and no feeling > of sponge. > > On Jan 20, 2:02 pm, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I had to go back and check, and while i do see that note on the Nitto > > Mini page, the description for the Mark's Rack doesn't exclude if for > > a canti-bike. And looking at the pictures, i'd still have the same > > problem. I'm running low-profile brakes and the integrated straddle > > cable is much lower then in the picture (with the high-profile IRD). > > > So maybe a note about low-profile canti-brakes would be appropriate > > but i still would like to use the Mark's as i like the look a lot > > better then the Nitto Mini (which also matters to me). > > > On Jan 20, 4:51 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > For a Cantilever Hillborne you should not be running a Mark's Rack. > > > You should be running a Nitto Mini Front. Even Mark, who invented the > > > Mark's Rack, uses a Nitto Mini Front for his bikes with Cantilevers. > > > Stop installing, return it, and get the right rack. Or save the > > > Mark's Rack for a bike with caliper brakes.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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-bunch@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.
