[RBW] Re: Cantilever Brake Adjustment Question

2009-10-08 Thread GeorgeS
gt; > -Original Message- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MichaelH > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:22 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Re: Cantilever Brake Adjustment Question > > Good luc

[RBW] Re: Cantilever Brake Adjustment Question

2009-10-05 Thread John Stoesser
thout attaching the cable. -Original Message- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MichaelH Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:22 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Cantilever Brake Adjustment Question Good luck. I had the same

[RBW] Re: Cantilever Brake Adjustment Question

2009-10-05 Thread MichaelH
Good luck. I had the same pblm w ultegra levers and cantis and was never able to resolve it. The pblm went away when I replaced the levers with cane creek and silver be shifters. VoilĂ , no more problem. Soon after I replaced the br550 calipers w paul's neo retros and have been very happy with the

[RBW] Re: Cantilever Brake Adjustment Question

2009-10-05 Thread rswat...@me.com
I couldn't get the supplied straddle cable to work to my satisfaction. I made my own "normal" cables. If you look at the photos on riv's site, you'll see they did the same on one bike: http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/brakes?a=1&page=all#product=15-140 Mine work like a charm now. Cheers,

[RBW] Re: Cantilever Brake Adjustment Question

2009-10-05 Thread CycloFiend
on 10/5/09 7:37 AM, GeorgeS at chobur...@gmail.com wrote: > Until recently I had never had a bike with cantilever brakes so I am > coming to the subject with almost total ignorance. I mounted a set of > IRD Cafam brakes that I got from RBW on a new Surly. The levers are > Shimano Tiagra. My pr

[RBW] Re: Cantilever Brake Adjustment Question

2009-10-05 Thread Dave Craig
George There are spring tension adjusting screws on each arm. They offer finer adjustment than changing the tension by changing the mounting hole. These are small screws located just above pivots with the screw heads pointing out, away from the frame. Try tightening the left side and loosening th