tourer question

Greetings,

you answered your own question about compatibility. Shimano STI's don't pull the same amount of
cable to work V's as effectively. A few companies have produced adapters that help, but these tend
to be a bit of a bodge. Dawes specced them on their 1-down series of tourers for a while, but I
think they gave up. That said, Avid now make mechanical disc brakes that work with STI's, and I've
seen them on a few cyclo-cross bikes, so maybe they're the way of the future. On tourers you'd have
to make sure they don't interfere with pannier racks though.

T.T.F.N.

SPENNY

"Mark Potter" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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okay so heres a silly question

ive recently joined my local CTC and I notice that all the touring bikes that come along have
cantilever brakes, so my question is why don't they

put

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v-brakes on tourers (or is it just cos of the brake levers not being compatible?) they seem so
much more powerful on my mountain bike compared

to

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cantis? Mark

On tourers you'd have to make sure they

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don't interfere with pannier racks though.

and maybe the disks would be susceptible to a bang on an airplane etc.??

Mark Potter said:

okay so heres a silly question

ive recently joined my local CTC and I notice that all the touring bikes that come along have
cantilever brakes, so my question is why don't they put v-brakes on tourers (or is it just cos of
the brake levers not being compatible?) they seem so much more powerful on my mountain bike
compared to cantis?

Have a look at the Dawes Sardar tourer and you'll find V-brakes. And it's not the only one. I think
tourers often have cantis because that's what people expect to find on tourers, and a large chunk of
the market are conservative. The Sardar, being "radical" (i.e., it has 26" wheels and a compact
frame and isn't dark green) is presumably aimed at slightly more experimental folk!

My tourer, a Streetmachine GT recumbent, has V brakes as standard. As extra cost options you can
have hydraulic rim brakes or a choice of 4 different disc systems. Cantis don't feature.

Pete.
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"Peter Clinch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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My tourer, a Streetmachine GT recumbent, has V brakes as standard.

So does my (cough) 26" wheeled flat barred tourer (cough).

W K said:

So does my (cough) 26" wheeled flat barred tourer (cough).

So, since it doesn't have drops *or* 700c wheels, it's a pretty damn radical piece of engineering by
typical touring standards! What's *really* different from Standard Touring Spec about my
Streetmachine, however, is it's a really bright colour! ;-) (fire engine red does seem to be
allowable in these progressive times...)

Pete.
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(fire engine red does seem to be allowable in these progressive times...)

Friend had that on his (otherwise trad) tourer back in 1990-ish...

cheers, clive

Clive George said:

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(fire engine red does seem to be allowable in these progressive times...)

Friend had that on his (otherwise trad) tourer back in 1990-ish...

I ordered a custom-built touring bike in 1980 in Post-Office Red (with white head tube and seat-tube
panel and gold lining on the lugs of course).

I'm sure there were lots of trad tourers in bright colours in those days.

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:46:35 +0100, "Clive George"

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(fire engine red does seem to be allowable in these progressive times...)

Friend had that on his (otherwise trad) tourer back in 1990-ish...

This morning I gave my 1985 Harry Hall tourer its first post-Thatcher clean and discovered that it
too is bright red...

David