Brian, I would slice off a 1x1 square of 400 grit sandpaper, wrap it around the canti post and work it around like rolling a cigarette. It won't take much to make the brake fit.
Jim, The CR720 such an excellent brake- the opposite of fiddly and minimally effective. How are you setting them up? Deore V-brakes may be good but V-brakes are a totally different animal, and not everyone likes the feel. -Matt On Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:20:01 AM UTC-4, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > The Deore v-brakes are so much better in so many ways than ANY canti, > especially the fiddly and minimally effective CR720...maybe just take it as > a sign from God that you are meant to use v-brakes on this bike? > > On Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:13:04 AM UTC-5, stonehog wrote: >> >> I'm finding that the CR720 canti brass bushing fits too snugly on the >> canti posts on my new hunqa. I can hardly force the brake on the post. I >> tried a Deore V-brake and it goes on no problem. I'm guessing the posts >> have clear-coat as they look coated shiny. What is the best way to remove >> this? Should I just sand it or is there a good solvent that works for this >> sort of thing? I am not seeing this issue on my brief interweb search, so >> I'm guessing most folks just sand the posts, or I have a strange defective >> brake set? >> >> Brian >> Seattle, WA >> > On Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:20:01 AM UTC-4, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > The Deore v-brakes are so much better in so many ways than ANY canti, > especially the fiddly and minimally effective CR720...maybe just take it as > a sign from God that you are meant to use v-brakes on this bike? > > On Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:13:04 AM UTC-5, stonehog wrote: >> >> I'm finding that the CR720 canti brass bushing fits too snugly on the >> canti posts on my new hunqa. I can hardly force the brake on the post. I >> tried a Deore V-brake and it goes on no problem. I'm guessing the posts >> have clear-coat as they look coated shiny. What is the best way to remove >> this? Should I just sand it or is there a good solvent that works for this >> sort of thing? I am not seeing this issue on my brief interweb search, so >> I'm guessing most folks just sand the posts, or I have a strange defective >> brake set? >> >> Brian >> Seattle, WA >> > -- 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/-/Qrqx1KIPC8kJ. 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.
