Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-19 Thread Victor Hanson
scott, If you have ‘short pull levers’ Problem Slovers makes essentially a cam to get the extra cable pull for v brakes. However, Patrick raises a better point, why? In the first place, with less than 42mm tire width cantilevers set up properly stop plenty good Vtw On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 14

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-19 Thread Victor Hanson
This is (i think) is easy. 1) are your v-brake bushings too loose. 2) brake boosters are ugly but the bees’ knees for stopping power. $35 i know but with careful installation they work great. Victor On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 14:18 greenteadrinkers wrote: > Anyone ever use a Canti brake up fro

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-17 Thread Daniel M
Oh I see it's a Hillborne. My Hillborne had run-of-the-mill Deore V-brakes and it was one of the best braking bikes I've ever had. DM -- 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

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-17 Thread Daniel M
If you're getting shudder with a V-brake then I suspect you're just as likely, if not more, to get it with cantis, because as the fork flexes, the distance between the cable hanger and the brake itself changes, which leads to a feedback loop of exacerbated shudder. I'm a loudmouth V-brake evan

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-17 Thread Joel S
I found a good mechanic up your way in Amherst if you need. On Friday, October 16, 2020 at 6:30:29 PM UTC-4 greenteadrinkers wrote: > Sounds good, thanks for the input! > > On Friday, October 16, 2020 at 6:11:51 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Seriously: Install the Pauls right: get someone

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-16 Thread greenteadrinkers
Sounds good, thanks for the input! On Friday, October 16, 2020 at 6:11:51 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > Seriously: Install the Pauls right: get someone to do it for you if you > can't do it yourself. That will solve your shuddering problem, give you > good braking front and rear, save you fro

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-16 Thread Patrick Moore
Seriously: Install the Pauls right: get someone to do it for you if you can't do it yourself. That will solve your shuddering problem, give you good braking front and rear, save you from having to find a different brake lever, and absolve you of the aesthetic sin of mismatched levers and brakes fro

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-16 Thread greenteadrinkers
Hahaha, they are black. I actually bought them from a list member last spring, which included moon units. Also, bought a black 56cm Sam from a list member around that time. At the time, thinking was to go with the Pauls, but, happily was introduced to V-brakes. The fork vibration issue really o

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-16 Thread Patrick Moore
So, you've got a pair of Paul cantilevers, one for the front and one for the back ? Is not Bob your uncle? And would you care to discuss selling your extra pair of Paul cantis ...? (Silver only ...) Patrick Moore, slumming with Tektro CR720s in ABQ, NM. On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 3:44 PM greent

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-16 Thread greenteadrinkers
With the v-brake up front, I tend to get this fork vibration I've never really experienced with a cantilever. The headset is nice and tight and nothing else seems to be problematic, just thinking if that vibration might be due to the different stopping power of v brakes, would the canti up fron

Re: [RBW] V-Brake and Canti...

2020-10-16 Thread Patrick Moore
What would you hope to gain by this sort of combination? Is it that you've found cantilevers less effective in the rear than desired? I've found this, at least using drop bar levers -- probably due to my ineptitude in installing them; but I've also found that a good canti design -- I like "high pr