Stickiest cantilever brake pads still available?

[big.eck]

set your cantis right and you wont need to worry about pads - its true!

i agree , just bought a set of nos dia-compe 987's with pads and by christ there good

 

[Neil]

Both myself and Staf live and ride in the flattest areas of the country and even if we had no brakes would roll to a gentle stop some where in Suffolk...

These "my cantis suck" posts always make me scratch my head. I ran low pro XT and XTRs on my DS bikes BITD. Hell, I'd use my A2X for short course DH races a few times a season. Aztec, Kool Stop, Ritchey, Shimano. They all stopped the bike more than quick enough if you took the time to set your straddle cables up to match the leverage ratio of your levers and got yor pad angles in the ballpark.

Absolutely.

 

[urbanfireblade]

I use these and they work very well:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kool-stop-eagle ... f-inserts/

I use these too and they're fab! Have them on my Lava dome and on my Hahanna. My original/standard Hahanna with canti's can endo using 1 finger braking with me sitting on the saddle, Lol. Im 13st, Scarfacexxx can vouch for the endo'ing as i showed him when Retrobike met up at Brighton Seafront last year.
I've since bought a spare set(2 pairs) from ebay cos they're so good!