I'm really enjoying the braking with my cheap Shimano medium-profile cantis, arms out as wide as possible (posts still adequately captured by the brake bolt), straddle wire as low as possible... the feel is soft but the brakes are quick to stop.
Another good analysis of cantilever brake geometry, in addition to Sheldon's, is here: http://www.circleacycles.com/cantilevers/canti-geometry.pdf with a fun calculator at http://www.circleacycles.com/cantilevers/ - Andrew, Berkeley On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Scott G. <sco...@primax.com> wrote: > There are cantilevers, then there are cantilevers, ye olde high profile > Mafac/Paul Neo retro need strong hands, low profile like Avid Shorty 6 > or Paul Touring setup with the shortest practical straddle cable will > equal or exceed V brakes. > > Cyclocross magazine did the test, hanging a fixed weight from a straddle > cable > and measuring the clamping force of the brakes using a scale, simple > repeatable. > The varied the straddle cable length, shorter = more ummphh on low profile > brakes, > high profile brakes power varied little with different straddle cable > lengths. > Bravo to the magazine for doing quantifiable testing. > > -- > 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/-/Uj3Pvl0GQ9AJ. > > 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. > -- 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.
