Cantilever brake blocks

Rob said:

Could anyone recommend some brake clocks for my oldish MTB cantilever
brakes pls?

I note Sheldon recommends Kool Stop Salmon - but I can't find these in
the UK. In fact cantilever blocks seem quite thin on the ground all
round. The brakes are Shimano Deore LX with threaded stud and I think
plain washer blocks. Sheldon calls them centre pull (traditional)
cantilever btw, :

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cantilever-adjustment.html

Thanks, Rob

Rob,

I have seen Kool-Stop Salmons for sale at JD Cycles of Ilkley but I
can't find them on their site.If you give them a ring on 01943-816101 I
am sure they will send you some.

Personally I use Fibrax and find them OK.

Sam Salt

Sam Salt said:

Rob,

I have seen Kool-Stop Salmons for sale at JD Cycles of Ilkley but I
can't find them on their site.If you give them a ring on 01943-816101 I
am sure they will send you some.

Personally I use Fibrax and find them OK.

Sam Salt

Wiggle list them on their site
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5300003397&N=Kool%20Stop%20Eagle%20II%20Pair%20Of%20Inserts

Tony

Tony Raven said:

Sam Salt said:

Rob,

I have seen Kool-Stop Salmons for sale at JD Cycles of Ilkley but I
can't find them on their site.If you give them a ring on 01943-816101 I
am sure they will send you some.

Personally I use Fibrax and find them OK.

Sam Salt

Wiggle list them on their site
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5300003397&N=Kool%20Stop%20Eagle%20II%20Pair%20Of%20Inserts

Tony

Beat me to it!

They're in stock too (or at least they were last week when I got some).
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Jon
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Jon Rogers said:

Tony Raven said:

Sam Salt said:

Rob,

I have seen Kool-Stop Salmons for sale at JD Cycles of Ilkley but I
can't find them on their site.If you give them a ring on 01943-816101 I
am sure they will send you some.

Personally I use Fibrax and find them OK.

Sam Salt

Wiggle list them on their site
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5300003397&N=Kool%20Stop%20Eagle%20II%20Pair%20Of%20Inserts

Tony

Beat me to it!

They're in stock too (or at least they were last week when I got some).

Thanks all - I did look on the wiggle site but left dazed and confused.
This is mine:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/things

I figure I need the threaded version of the Wiggle ones, and then buy
some nuts to fit? When I looked I couldn't understand why they called
them 'threaded' and 'canti'.

Rob

On 15/07/2007 18:24, Rob said,

Quoted message said:

I figure I need the threaded version of the Wiggle ones, and then buy
some nuts to fit? When I looked I couldn't understand why they called
them 'threaded' and 'canti'.

If you buy threaded blocks, they will come with the nuts and various
washers. I think (but could be wrong) that 'threaded' blocks were
originally used on V-brakes, and 'canti' blocks on, er, cantis. It does
seem to have all got mixed up now though, and when I replaced the
shockingly short-lived Shimano blocks on the V-brakes on my commuter, I
was also confused for a while!

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Boyd
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

If you buy threaded blocks, they will come with the nuts and various
washers. I think (but could be wrong) that 'threaded' blocks were
originally used on V-brakes, and 'canti' blocks on, er, cantis.

ISTR that threaded blocks were first used on some nasty Exage or similar
plastic and steel cantilevers. Or did the U-brake ones come first?

Rob Morley said the following on 16/07/2007 08:00:

Quoted message said:

ISTR that threaded blocks were first used on some nasty Exage or similar
plastic and steel cantilevers. Or did the U-brake ones come first?

U-brakes! I hope they've been consigned to the dustbin of history! Now
you mention it, I do vaguely remember that these had threaded blocks.

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

In article <[email hidden]>, Paul
Boyd
usenet.dont.work@plusnet says...

Quoted message said:

Rob Morley said the following on 16/07/2007 08:00:

Quoted message said:

ISTR that threaded blocks were first used on some nasty Exage or similar
plastic and steel cantilevers. Or did the U-brake ones come first?

U-brakes! I hope they've been consigned to the dustbin of history! Now
you mention it, I do vaguely remember that these had threaded blocks.

U-brakes are still used on some BMX freestyle bikes - I don't think
there's anything wrong with the basic design concept, but mounting them
on ATB chainstays probably wasn't the smartest move. Saracen used to do
a nice bike with U-brakes both ends, the rear had a mono seat stay.

Rob Morley said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Boyd
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

If you buy threaded blocks, they will come with the nuts and various
washers. I think (but could be wrong) that 'threaded' blocks were
originally used on V-brakes, and 'canti' blocks on, er, cantis.

ISTR that threaded blocks were first used on some nasty Exage or
similar plastic and steel cantilevers. Or did the U-brake ones come
first?

Possibly true in Shimano-land, and I don't know how old those nasty brakes
would be.

Outside of Shimano-land, my circa 1990 Suntour cantilevers take a threaded
block.
I now use the fairly standardised V-brake type a replacements.

- Nigel

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Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

In article <[email hidden]>, Nigel Cliffe
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Rob Morley said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Paul Boyd
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

If you buy threaded blocks, they will come with the nuts and various
washers. I think (but could be wrong) that 'threaded' blocks were
originally used on V-brakes, and 'canti' blocks on, er, cantis.

ISTR that threaded blocks were first used on some nasty Exage or
similar plastic and steel cantilevers. Or did the U-brake ones come
first?

Possibly true in Shimano-land, and I don't know how old those nasty brakes
would be.

Mid to late eighties.

In message <[email hidden]>, Rob
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Wiggle list them on their site

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5300003397
&N=Kool%20Stop%20Eagle%20II%20Pair%20Of%20Inserts

Tony

Beat me to it!
They're in stock too (or at least they were last week when I got
some).

Thanks all - I did look on the wiggle site but left dazed and confused.
This is mine:

http://patchoulian.googlepages.com/things

I figure I need the threaded version of the Wiggle ones, and then buy
some nuts to fit? When I looked I couldn't understand why they called
them 'threaded' and 'canti'.

Rob

I've got old brakes like this on my touring bike and on my utility bike
(a 1987 model MTB with cantis on the front and U-brakes on the back). I
think you'll find that threaded callipers blocks like these Aztecs will
fit:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=4000000018

(The Aztecs are widely available, and work fine but tend to squeak -
careful toe-ing-in is needed. Fibrax and Shimano calliper blocks will
probably also fit.) I've also JUST managed to squeeze V-brake blocks
onto the tourer's front brakes, though the lack of clearance between
fork and wheel made it a close-run thing.

In message <[email hidden]>, Paul
Boyd <usenet.dont.work@plusnet.?.invalid> writes

Quoted message said:

Rob Morley said the following on 16/07/2007 08:00:

Quoted message said:

ISTR that threaded blocks were first used on some nasty Exage or
similar plastic and steel cantilevers. Or did the U-brake ones come
first?

U-brakes! I hope they've been consigned to the dustbin of history! Now
you mention it, I do vaguely remember that these had threaded blocks.

My old bike's U-brakes have fantastic stopping power, and are going
strong after 20 years of abuse. When you're towing a loaded trailer you
need a good solid rear brake, and the U-brakes are the biz. The
manufacturers' big mistake was in fitting them to bikes designed for
wallowing in mud: they're in a vulnerable position and the arms collect
the crud. Used on-road, they're no problem.