IYO - what are THE best Cantis?

[Neil]

how cool.

(those funky ones with the rubber wheel in front of the pads) - what's the idea behind them?

 

[ferrus]

how cool.

(those funky ones with the rubber wheel in front of the pads) - what's the idea behind them?

They're Brovedani anti-lock brakes. -The wheel activates a cam mechanism which causes the pads to pulse in and out slightly.

Yikes! :shock:

 

[FluffyChicken]

how cool.

(those funky ones with the rubber wheel in front of the pads) - what's the idea behind them?

They're Brovedani anti-lock brakes. -The wheel activates a cam mechanism which causes the pads to pulse in and out slightly.

Yikes! :shock:

as described here
http://www.blackbirdsf.org/brake_obscur ... ni_man.pdf

 

[ferrus]

~ Italiano! ~

 

[ededwards]

And here's an article on them from an old Cycling Plus - £170 an end :shock:

 

[Splatter Paint]

Assuming you've got them set up correctly, the Shimano SLR brakes (I've tried 500LX, LX and DX) all work very well. Pad-wise I generally use Aztec pads, but have used Fibrax and Clarks and they work ok too. The SLRs have minimal maintanace on my bike, which gets used 5 days a week rain or shine and they still haul me, my lardy touring bike and set of big panniers up no worries.

I dunno what the fuss is with fancy cantis really, to me it seems to be in the lever design. I ran the same set of cantis with a 300LX lever, a Kona Curve lever and an XT lever. Without doubt the XT levers were the best and transformed the brakes beyond belief.

SP