I have noticed that too. On Rivendells with sidepull brakes, it seems like the pads are always positioned near the end of the slot, since the brake is positioned for maximum tire clearance. On Rivs with cantis, the pads always seem to be best aligned to the rim when near the bottom of the slot, which maximizes leverage (and modulation, in my experience). Its all about the details, and they really get it right.
-Matt On Friday, February 24, 2012 3:02:37 PM UTC-5, William wrote: > > I'd be extremely cautious buying a Riv with canti-posts put on after the > fact. One of the spectacular aspects of all the Rivendells I've built is > that on all of them the brake post positioning has been spot on perfect. > I've built up enough bikes in my bike shop days to see how variable > cantilever and v-brake performance is when the QC in post positioning is > variable. I think that's something that people overlook when they review > the performance of a set of brakes. The position of your posts locks into > place a crucial part of the geometry of the system, and therefore > determines a big part of how the brakes will perform. You can just slap on > posts within a few mm and make up for it with pad adjustment to get the > brakes set up, but two identical bikes with the same tubing and the same > brakes could have much different braking performance if the posts are a few > mm lower on one bike than the other. > > On Friday, February 24, 2012 11:38:58 AM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha > Cyclery wrote: >> >> There's nothing odd-looking about v-brakes to anyone who has been around >> mountain bikes in the past 15-20 years (but before everything had discs). >> I've never understood the claim that cantilevers have superior aesthetics, >> especially since (IMO) they work worse and are fiddly to set up and keep >> adjusted. >> >> On Friday, February 24, 2012 12:59:38 PM UTC-6, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: >>> >>> The 1st gen green Sams have canti posts. >>> I put v-brakes on mine. >>> Looks a bit odd but works great. >>> >>> Jay >>> >>> On Feb 24, 8:42 pm, Peter M <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Not related at all to seller, looks like an interesting conversion to >>> > cantis, I would need a whole repaint because I am OCD, thank god it is >>> > not my size. >>> > >>> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rivendell-Sam-Hillborne-60cm-frameset-/190645. >>> .. >> >> -- 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/-/00T4rdRzn48J. 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.
