Hmm, maybe someone could send over a pic of a good setup? On Aug 24, 2012 9:07 PM, "Eric Platt" <epericmpl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm with Garth, check your yoke angle. I've got Paul Touring cantis on > one bike and feel they are very strong. In fact, just as strong as the V > brakes on my other bikes. > > Otherwise, check the angle of the pads and arms. On long arm cantis, I > personally set up the brakes so when the pad hits, the arms and yoke are > around 90 degrees. Pretty sure I starting using that from reading the > Sheldon Brown article on canti setup. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Is my reply gone ? >> >> Anyway ... it sounds like your yoke angle is too high . On a Bombadil, >> FWIW .. I wouldn't recommend that style of brake. Wide profiles work best >> on a Bombadil, from trying out various brakes types on mine. >> >> -- >> 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/-/6YqqFxZT-xQJ. >> >> 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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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.
