Norm, I'm guessing you're using the Marks because you already had one? Tom is right a Nitto Mini front will give a little more clearance because it will dip under the straddle wire. That being said you can make it work with the Marks. I have the IRD Cafams on one bike and the Pauls on another (touring in back, neo-retro in front), both of those will clear either rack. I've also used the Tektro CR720 and they were fine as well.
If i had to buy brakes again i would just buy the Paul's for both bikes, i know they are expensive but they are really nice to look at, very easy to adjust (especially the spring tension), and the feel of the brakes are amazing, in fact the pauls with mtb brake levers feel almost as good as my hydraulic rim brakes! The neo-retros are the super wide brakes and i have the straddle really high to clear my nitto mini front and they feel about the same as my touring canti on the rear of the same bike. my only nit with the Pauls is that they sit farther out on the studs due to the way they are designed, this can be a problem with canti mounted racks. the ird have a similiar feel, but i find them harder to adjust, but after adjustment they work fine. cr720, same thing, a little difficult to adjust, but work fine for me. I don't know if it's because the Pauls are easier to adjust but they feel the best out of the three to me, though again, i think all of them stop fine. On Thursday, May 3, 2012 10:41:54 AM UTC-4, Norman Bone wrote: > > I need to raise the cable hanger on my front brake to accommodate the > diving board for a Mark's Rack. The current low profile brakes are marginal > (at best) with the hanger closer to the tire and I anticipate that they > will not cut the mustard if I raise the hanger another inch or so. I'm > using the Tiagra aero levers that Riv sells. > That being said, I'd like to install a wide profile canti on the front > that would work well with my existing levers. What wide profile brake have > you had a good experience with on your Riv with an aero lever? How high are > you running the hanger from the tire? > > Thanks- > > Norm in PDX > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/hby8QCQWuPcJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
