dstein asked: "I'm also wondering if the 650b setup is a good idea for brake placement. I can position the pads at the highest setting to reach the 650b rims, but is more at the bottom of the rim rather than the middle or top of the rim like when it was a 26" rim. Does that play into how it brakes?"
For any cantilever brake of this kind, pads at the top of the slots is the position of LEAST mechanical advantage. This goes completely counter to your main complaint, though. Your primary complaint is the brakes are squishy. Squishy feeling brakes is the most common symptom of HIGH mechanical advantage. With the pads at the top of the slots, your brakes should feel solid, but should feel like you don't have much power. This is what confuses me about the whole thing. It doesn't add up, and leads me to suspect there is something else going on. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
