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Hi I'm looking for a set of canti's for my cross bike. Anyone have any leads on something like some Hershey's or Machine Tech's or the like. I'd even go for some Onza H.O.'s
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To my perverted mind, the best cantilever brakes ever made were the Campagnolo high-profile cantilevers from the early 90s Tandem gruppo. Beutifully made, fantastic stoppers, and very, very easy to set up. Good luck finding a pair, though. I checked e-bay every day for 4 months until I found a pair. They usually go for well over 200 bucks, but I got lucky, and paid only $110 for mine.cycloanarch said:Hi I'm looking for a set of canti's for my cross bike. Anyone have any leads on something like some Hershey's or Machine Tech's or the like. I'd even go for some Onza H.O.'s
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My prefernce for CX bikes are Paul Neo Retros on the front and Touring on the rear. The Neo Retro is an updated version of the Mafac touring canti; they are too wide of a profile for the rear though. They look nice, are incredibly easy to set up and adjust, and use v brake pads (which is part of the reason they are so easy to set up). Other than not being cheap, they're nice brakes.cycloanarch said:Hi I'm looking for a set of canti's for my cross bike. Anyone have any leads on something like some Hershey's or Machine Tech's or the like. I'd even go for some Onza H.O.'s
Why not go with some Paul's Retro Canti's or some really nice Empella frog legs? Spooky brakes are really nice cross brakes too.cycloanarch said:Hi I'm looking for a set of canti's for my cross bike. Anyone have any leads on something like some Hershey's or Machine Tech's or the like. I'd even go for some Onza H.O.'s
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I've had good luck with the Neo Retros on the front, but really bad luck on the back. I originally had them on both front and rear on my CX bike, but replaced the rear ones (after kicking it into the spokes one too many times on dismounts) with a set of old Ritchey Logics that I had laying around. For general cruising around they work fine on the back, but for racing they are poor - go with the Touring model.vdubbusrider said:since your looking to put these on a cross bike i highly recommend you get low profiles. all these high profile brakes just get cought up on you while your mounting/dismounting and when your running with the bike over your back. in the heated battle of cross racing a low-profile brake can keep you from going home with a big battle wound across some part of your body. i say xtr canti's or really any solid working brake that does'nt stick out really far. i know a lot of the pro racers have high profile brakes but believe me they get cought up in them too. sponsors dont always give you what you want! -Sky