|   Question for Mike Tea | Spoiler
Feb 8, 2004 10:05 AM | | If you're the same Mike T. that posts in mtbr, you might be able to answer a question for me.
I just bought an old steel Gary Fisher Tassajara with XTR canti brakes. I'm a hopeless fiddler, so I can resist making immediate changes. I'm replacing all the cables and housings. I could use a traditional setup with a separate yoke and transverse cable, or I could use an integrated link cable. I know that Shimano link cables have a angle setup guide printed on them.
Other than this, are there any functional advantages to using one system over another? |
| Hello! | Mike Tea
Feb 8, 2004 12:34 PM | | Yeah that's me. I couldn't register my mtbr name here so I had to use a version of the same.
The separate yoke and cable gives much more adjustability. Canti brakes can develop great power if the mechanical advantage is right.
Here is a good place to go for the info. It's D8/Upie's site from mtbr -
http://206.75.155.18/kmr/brakesfaq.html |
| Thanks for the info. | Spoiler
Feb 8, 2004 2:42 PM | | Sheldon Brown has a similar article. I just got pair of TNT cables and carriers.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3659456146&category=27949 |
| Yer welcome. | Mike Tea
Feb 8, 2004 2:50 PM | | Yes Sheldon does have the stuff too but I didn't remember at the time.
Hey nice hangers! That should be a nice setup. |
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