Hi Patrick, I love the pics of the wind in the wild. I noticed the brake cable housing wasn't taped to the albastaches. If you're experiencing squishiness, it could be that the cable housing is moving quite a bit and contributing to the feel. If this is the case, I would guess that your rear brake feels more squishy than the front. I'd also bet that you can see the housing move when you open/close the brake lever.
A simple test/fix would be to tape down the brake housing (e.g., electrical tape, hbar tape). You're probably going to do it sooner rather than later anyway. Also, I'd recommend tying the brake lever (i.e., brakes on) and then taping the housing. Shoe laces, rubber band, irish strap.. anything to close the lever would be fine. Best, shoji On Monday, May 19, 2014 11:31:48 AM UTC-4, Philip Williamson wrote: > > I have my Quickbeam's front CR720 yoke set up fairly high, and with > Koolstop or Yokozuna pads. The original "crappy" Shimano low-profile cantis > had the yoke almost resting on the M12 rack's center post. So maybe a 2 > inch difference? Just measured - my Tektro CR720 straddle cable yoke is 6 > cm above the rack mounting hole on my green OG Quickbeam. > Until I raised the straddle and changed the pads, the Tektro was far worse > than the original brakes. The rear CR720 simply got replaced with the > Shimano one. > > My rule of thumb is "low profile, low straddle, high profile, high > straddle." I don't think it stands up to the geometry science, but it seems > to work okay in practice. > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
