If you're going to the trouble of brazing on cantilever bosses, why not consider brazing on Racer bosses? They're the same exact bosses located differently. I guess you'll lock yourself into just one single type of brake and you'll need to buy the stainless sleeves, but I really like the Racer brakes and think they are a marvelous balance between power and control when used with Campagnolo Ergopower levers.
I don't particularly believe cantilever and linear pull brakes are really that different (in power/modulation/control/etc) when the cantis are set up correctly, and especially if the cantis are used with the brake levers with the desired mechanical advantage (they all differ by a bit). True, it takes more effort to get the cantis working to my liking (versus the linear pull's no-brainer/non-adjustable setup) but that's also why I adjust for more leverage/less travel up front and less leverage/more travel in the back. This allows me to balance the front-rear power and affords me more tolerance for out-of-trueness in the rear wheel. But we're just nitpicking at this point. I actually find linear pull brakes somewhat of a hinderance when one is trying to use big tires and fenders because one can't adjust where the horizontal actuation cable is. My Surly for example has the cable/latch rubbing the top of the front fender because I'm running 2.0 Kojaks and thick plastic fenders. It doesn't impact braking performance but it's kinda annoying to have the brake mechanically scrap the top of the plastic fender every time I touch the front brake lever. This is with normal height linear-pull brakes so I'll imagine the shorter Mini Motos will be even more restricting. I'll admit it. I dislike the Neo Retro. They require brake levers with a higher mechanical advantage to work well because they don't have a lot of mechanical advantage themselves. Look at the curves on this for comparison and you'll see what I mean: http://www.circleacycles.com/cantilevers/ In addition, they also stick out like sore thumbs. Used at the back, they've poked at my shoes occasionally. They do look very nice though, but that's essentially their only saving grace. On Saturday, July 19, 2014 5:20:10 PM UTC-7, jinxed wrote: > > So my curiosity has been peaked after a brief discussion on the trail with > a guy about his Paul's mini motos. He was very impressed with them even > having previously been using the neo retros on the same bike, a Rock > Lobster cross. The claim was FAR more power and better modulation with all > other variables consistent. Levers were cane creek. For some reason I > lumped the Minis in with the touring cantis in that they were for more > clearance, but not much different as to power. After some quick reading on > the magic computer box, it seems this guy is not alone in his assessment. > > I am a big fan of cantilever style brakes. So much so, I decided to take > the center mount racers off my Hilsen to have canti studs added. Plan was > to swap the Racers for some Neo Retros...but now I'm wondering about the > Mini Motos. > > Has anyone tried the Minis, or even better, both Minis and Neos?? > > For the record, I know I like the Neos , and the direct mount racers on my > Rambler are awesome. And YES, I realize a set of xt v-brakes would deliver, > but I don't like the aesthetic and don't want to change levers. > > -- 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/d/optout.
