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- From: lloyd@leland.Stanford.EDU (William Koenig Lloyd)
- Subject: Re: about cantilever brakes
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.025211.12446@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 02:52:11 GMT
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- In article <47460007@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> garethb@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Gareth Barnard) writes:
- >The rear cantis on my XTR setup are shorter than the front ones. I think most
- >canti sets are made this way. Im not sure why though. Maybe the rear ones need
- >to be stiffer or the shortness gives increased performance at the rear.
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- The rear XTR brake arms are shorter than the front ones so they don't feel
- "mushy." The extra cable has a bit of tendency to give a mushier feel, so
- Shimano's remedy was to make the arms shorter to give a more positive feel.
- Never mind it gives you less leverage...
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- I personally don't mind mushy brakes. I used to have XT brakes, and then
- I switched to IRD switchbacks. They feel really mushy, but they are really
- strong, and they have good modulation, too. It's just a matter of preference,
- I guess...
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- Bill
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