Gee Phil, I'm sorry to hear you have had such bad luck with brakes. We're glad you're still alive. Some cantis and some canti - lever combinations are indeed more trouble than their worth, but that's not true of all cantis. A good set of brakes will last as long, or even longer than a frame, so those no reason not to spring for really good ones. Pauls cantis have a short learning curve, as do most mechanical things, but once you get it, they are a snap to set up, as are the Racers. I always set brakes up as high on the rim as I can, and have not had a problem with wear or diving. I would also argue that single pivot brakes are pretty easy to live with. You need a 13 mm offset cone wrench to align them, and they can get knocked out of alignment, but it is literally a 5 second job straightening them. I have a pair of Campy Grand Sports which I bought in the early '80s and a pair of very early Chorus (the pretty ones with the split arms) from the late '80s and they both continue to work as well as they did when they were brand new. I will admit that dual pivots have a lighter touch but they crowd fenders a lot more than single pivots. Maybe its like friction shifters, if you didn't start with them it might be frustrating to get up the learning curve.
Good news, I have no back pain this morning, and a chiroparctor appointment at which I'm hoping to get the green light to resume riding. Now lets see if I can find some intact roads in VT! michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/tBhYY6wLaOIJ. 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.
