Hi
I'm in the process of building up a recently (today) accquired Cotic Roadrat and have a nice set of black Tektro Canti brakes I'd like to use. I also have some black Tektro v brake levers for drop bars I want to use
Can I use this combination as the lever will pull more cable than required or will I die a horribly painful death first time I use the brakes?
I've never used canti's before so any help with the general set up would also be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Ken
You'll want some bog standard road levers. Fortunately they're dead cheap.
That's not going to work. V levers will pull too much cable. the lever will feel nice and tight and you'll get loads of rim clearance but no mechanical advantage.
Contrary to the above, I'd imagine it would be possible to set this up to work OK? I.e. low straddle?
Rode something with a similar set up many years ago,a rock solid brake lever with little travel felt good until you needed to brake, at which point you just sailed on out of control(apparently a mistake was made in speccing the levers pivot point positioning).
Keep the bridge cable short as this gives a more positive feel. Routing the cable with the smoothest possible curves will also help. Can't see that you will have a problem with the levers, you should only get problems if doing it the other way. Keep the blocks a long way from the rim if you're worried, you can always adjust later. Be careful, cantis tend to be very on/off.
Thanks for the info chaps
Got them fitted and just need the ice to go away to give them a try
Don't forget to feed back on the results. Good luck with it. I assume you're trying the canti brake with v levers then?