This is the site you are looking for: http://www.circleacycles.com/cantilevers/
Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Corwin <ernf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually Phillip - your experience is consistent with the "theory" of > cantilever brakes. AUSHTA. > > Here's the link from Sheldon's site: > http://sheldonbrown.com/cantilever-geometry.html > > I seem to recall another site posted in this group or on the old Rivendell > list where you could fiddle with the geometry of the brakes and tweak the > height/angle of the straddle cable - and the forces were calculated on the > page. Perhaps someone else can recall the link. > > Thanks, > > > Corwin > > > On Monday, May 19, 2014 8:31:48 AM UTC-7, 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. > -- 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.
