The type of pad with a threaded stud, spacers, and spherical washers that clamps a vertical track on the brake arm was originally introduced on V-brakes, so these pads are commonly referred to as "v-brake style" pads now, even when they are used on other brakes, which may account for the confusing description on Paul's site. There is nothing which makes these pads canti or v-brake specific (i.e. any "v-brake" pad would also work in a centerpull cantilever brake that uses the same hardware and vice versa). Paul also uses them on their caliper brakes.
Prior to the introduction of v-brakes, most cantilever brakes used pads with a smooth (i.e. unthreaded) stud that was clamped by an eyebolt through the brake arm at 90 deg to the stud, and some current production brakes based on older designs still use this old style (not Paul's, however). IMHO, the switch to the threaded stud pads on cantilever brakes accounts for a vast improvement in ease of adjustment over their older counterparts. Smooth stud cantis are a PITA. On Sunday, November 17, 2013 7:38:08 PM UTC-8, hsmitham wrote: > > Are the Koolstop ThinLine threaded pads used for both 'V" brakes and > Canti's? I have a set of Paul's Touring Canti's that need 4 new pads. Any > help to confirm this is appreciated before I pull the trigger. > > Thanks, > > ~Hugh > -- 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.
