You do mean IRD canti's, right Patrick? Bill
On Monday, August 27, 2012 1:46:06 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Vs are very nice but I found the IRC wide profile cantis that Riv > installed on my former Sam Hill to be just as powerful with no more > lever pressure required, and they modulated noticeably better -- not > that the modulation issue is a huge issue for me; just that the IRCs > may well have been the nicest feeling hand brakes I've used. Since > I've never been able to set up cantis and drop levers and get them to > work right, I can't say what makes the difference; given that the old, > wide-profile XTs on the Trike also worked very nicely (not as nicely > as the IRCs, though), perhaps it is simply a wide profile thing. Oh, > nope: the Mafac cantis on the Herse -- both the shorter armed regulars > and the wider armed tandems, were useless dogs, even with modern aero > lever, decent housing stop hardware and housing and salmon pads. Beats > me. > > Just brought the Novara Fusion home; Tektro mechanical disks. *Very* > nice -- better than the BB7s on the Fargo -- tho' the Tektros of > course are pulled with tourist bar levers, not drop levers. Still, > smoother, grippier, easier to modulate. Wonder what the difference is > if it's not the levers? > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:28 PM, dougP <doug...@cox.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I really like V-brakes on my Atlantis, with over 800 touring miles > > this summer, after using Tektro 720 cantis for a few years. The > > ultimate stopping power is comparable BUT the Vs requiring far less > > force at the lever. On long downhills, the cantis leave my forearms > > numb, especially with a load. The only fussy bit about the Vs is the > > pad/rim clearance but it's no big deal. > > > > Based on the title, I almost skipped this thread. Thankfully we'll > > always have brakes to discuss...and 2TT...and luggage...and racks... > > > > dougP > > > > On Aug 25, 12:11 am, Tom Harrop <twhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm with you Brewster, I just switched from cantis to Vs and I'm never > >> going back! All with the stock Shimano pads that came with the > V-brakes, > >> too. My problems were most likely caused by my inability to set the > cantis > >> up properly, but the squeal and shudder is gone and I have 100× better > >> stopping power. NB this is on a 68 cm Bombadil so the enormous head > tube > >> could also have been part of the problem. > > > > -- > > 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-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." > -- Claude Cockburn > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > -- 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/-/FVQu6fHBxHcJ. 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.
