RE: [RBW] Best/Favorite/Most Radical Cantilever Brakes

2011-09-19 Thread Allingham II, Thomas J
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 4:39 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Best/Favorite/Most Radical Cantilever Brakes I have me a pair of them newfangled XT low profile cantis on a bike and am doggone dis'pointed in them. The time has come for me to take the bull by the horns and find me some

Re: [RBW] Best/Favorite/Most Radical Cantilever Brakes

2011-09-19 Thread David Yu Greenblatt
Anybody tried the new Shimano CX70 cantis yet? http://www.cxmagazine.com/shimano-unveils-cx70-cyclocross-components-video-photos-exclusive http://www.cyclocrossworld.com/Shimano-CX70-Cyclocross-Brakes_p_699.html David G Madison WI -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[RBW] Best/Favorite/Most Radical Cantilever Brakes

2011-09-17 Thread Daniel
I have me a pair of them newfangled XT low profile cantis on a bike and am doggone dis'pointed in them. The time has come for me to take the bull by the horns and find me some replacements. I have experience with the Tektro CR720s and am generally pleased with them. If I decide to drop more

Re: [RBW] Best/Favorite/Most Radical Cantilever Brakes

2011-09-17 Thread Horace
After trying a few different cantilevers on my Quickbeam, I finally settled on using V-brakes. I did have to switch levers to do this. I know that many people on this list disdain V-brakes, but I find that they are excellent for braking, especially in wet weather, and I don't have any problems

Re: [RBW] Best/Favorite/Most Radical Cantilever Brakes

2011-09-17 Thread cyclotourist
V-brakes are great. They look a little ugly compared to classic cantilevers, but work great. Cane Creek Direct Curve kinda' splits the difference between the two. On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Horace max...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: After trying a few different cantilevers on my Quickbeam, I

Re: [RBW] Best/Favorite/Most Radical Cantilever Brakes

2011-09-17 Thread Thomas Lynn Skean
Paul Motolites are superb V-brakes. Not cheap... but really great in use. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit