Hi Jay, Perhaps you have too much mechanical advantage? Are your brake levers bottoming out on the handlebars? If so, you might want to try a long straddle cable.
Deacon Patrick runs a headtube-length straddle cable on his Quickbeam. (With what looks like CR720, same style as Neo Retros.) https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/14506250495/ I've run CR720s and Shimano CX70s (narrow) on my Hunqapillar. I run the CX70s with a low straddle cable, and lots of stopping power. (Haven't switched to Koolstop pads, either. The Shimano OEM pads are surprisingly good.) Good luck, shoji On Sunday, August 10, 2014 9:11:53 PM UTC-4, Jay Lonner wrote: > > I have Neo-Retros on my Hunq, and after much fiddling and consulting of > Sheldon Brown's canti articles I have concluded that I can't get the > straddle cable low enough to overcome the brakes' inherent low mechanical > advantage. I live on top of a steep hill, in a wet climate, so this > situation will not stand, man. > > Now that I'm all educated about cantilever theory and practice, I'm > thinking of ditching them entirely and switching to linear pull brakes, > specifically Motolites. My concern is fender clearance. I'm running Big Ben > 50s and SKS fenders. Does anyone have experience running a similar setup, > and if so how is it working out? I know that Tektro makes a linear pull > brake with extra-long arms for more clearance, but I'd prefer to go with > Motolites because of a) sex appeal, and b) made in USA, etc. > > Thanks, > > Jay Lonner > Bellingham, WA > -- 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.
