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11-13-07, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by i_r_beej

I have an '06 Poprad. All the problems described are TYPICAL of cantilever brakes. I grew up riding MTB's when cantilever brakes were the only option.

I have ridden a whole lot of mountain bikes with cantilever brakes since 1985. In fact, all of my current MTBs still have cantilever brakes. But I have never experienced fork chatter like I did on the Poprad. It was pretty extreme. I did not try swapping out the brake pads, however.

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