Yeah, if you can some XC Pro cantilevers by all means do. They open ALL the way, as in past the frame. If a Kool-Stop pad gets in the way of the front, chop off the rear @ the rear notch. You'll know how far you can go as there is an internal metal frame in the pad. File it off smooth. I love smooth post cantis because they are so adjustable. I do love any canti that places the pad in *front* of the arm, not behind as many models of lat seem to do, except the Shimano Alivio CT-91 and Dia Compe 988. Tektro's 710/720 look great until you install them and find where the pad holders bolt is ends up hitting the frame, limiting the amount of space you have to remove the tire. Really stupid beyond words. I ended up using other brakes. I even prefer regular road size pads, not those elongated things, and ones that are centered over the post, like the Sun Tour canti's came with and Dia Compe uses on the 988 canti, which is remarkably similar to the XC Pro and it's currently made. The silver and black version use their Salmon colored OPC12 pad, it's regular road sized and centered.
For the front with my XC Pro's I use a fork mounted Origin8 brake cable hanger so you can run a cable directly to it. Those two in combo is superb, truly superb... it just couldn't be any better ! I also only use a regular free floating cable hanger guide. I abhor the fixing the cable as Tektro and Shimano "suggest". I see their intention, but again, it's utterly dumb in the real world where having the straddle cable run free allows for instant centering of the brake at any time with the slightest of touch. That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it ! Hah ! -Garth ! -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4cf4e4d7-b0e8-49a2-9ba8-5bfc546286b4o%40googlegroups.com.
