I suppose I'm not resolutely against running shorter pads, but they would have to be quite a bit shorter as the CR720 puts the brakes tight to the posts. The tires measure at 34mm so not fat by current RBW standards, but the frame dates from '98.
Andrew: thank you for the tip - it's good to know of this alternative. Although I'll probably just live with the situation until it starts to bother me. I might try Steve's solution of actually shortening the pads and see how that feels under braking. All good advice. I appreciate it. On Sunday, June 30, 2013 5:45:25 PM UTC-6, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Why are you so against using shorter pads? The longer pads are really > best on V brakes but not needed on good cantis. I use Paul's neo retros > with Avid shorty pads, works great. Also, what size tire are you running? > Beyond 40 mm not many road bikes are designed for cantis & long pads. > Both my Bilenky tandem & Saluki have 38mm tires and work fine with long > pads; it just requires a push; but if I went to 40s, I'd probably have to > use short pads or deflate, which is a real pia in a tire that big. > > Michael > > On Sunday, June 30, 2013 5:12:20 PM UTC-4, IanA wrote: >> >> Looking for some feedback on setting up these brakes. I have a canti >> LongLow and have installed the CR720. I've just fitted the front ones, but >> the problem I have is that due to the length of the pads, the brakes aren't >> able to release past the fork legs, meaning that I have to deflate the tire >> in order to remove the wheel. >> >> Short of changing out the brake pads to shorter ones (this I won't do) do >> I just live with this or am I missing something obvious? >> >> Thanks for any advice. >> >> Ian A >> Edmonton AB Canada >> > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
