Why are you so against using shorter pads? The longer pads are really best on V brakes but not needed on good cantis. I use Paul's neo retros with Avid shorty pads, works great. Also, what size tire are you running? Beyond 40 mm not many road bikes are designed for cantis & long pads. Both my Bilenky tandem & Saluki have 38mm tires and work fine with long pads; it just requires a push; but if I went to 40s, I'd probably have to use short pads or deflate, which is a real pia in a tire that big.
Michael On Sunday, June 30, 2013 5:12:20 PM UTC-4, IanA wrote: > > Looking for some feedback on setting up these brakes. I have a canti > LongLow and have installed the CR720. I've just fitted the front ones, but > the problem I have is that due to the length of the pads, the brakes aren't > able to release past the fork legs, meaning that I have to deflate the tire > in order to remove the wheel. > > Short of changing out the brake pads to shorter ones (this I won't do) do > I just live with this or am I missing something obvious? > > Thanks for any advice. > > Ian A > Edmonton AB Canada > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
