NA3S

Hello all!

I just scored a complete 1991 Trek 850 Antelope at Goodwill tonight for $15. It's been upgrade to a mix of XT and Suntour of various eras and has these slick adjustable canti brakes which, for the life of me, I can't seem to identify....

These brakes have no branding or logo of any kind, the adjustable pad carriers are anodized blue, and the posts have black incremental markings to distinguish the height adjustment. They don't utilize the spring locator hole on the frame mounted canti stud and appear to be pretty high quality; but don't appear to be CNC'd....

Please excuse the poor nocturnal cell phone garage pic, I'll post better ones in the morning.



If anyone can help me determine what these brakes are I'd be much obliged!

The frame is built with double butted Tange MTB tubing, has tons of braze ones, nice long chain stays, and a slick front der pulley.

The plan is...
-add a 26" Surly LHT fork
-upgrade to a King/Thomson threadless set up
-powdercoat the frame/fork/stem
-take advantage of the vertical adjustment these cantis have and lace up a nice set of Schmidt dynamo/A23 650b wheels shod with 42c Hetres
-Edelux II head and Supernova E3 tail lights
-VO full fenders and Nitto M12 rack
-Brooks saddle
-Jitensha bars
-Suntour thumb shifters
-Sugino 42/26t compact double x 12-36 9 spd cassette

Essentially an ideal commuter/tourer/do anything bike....

Thanks in advance for any help identifying these brakes!

The Golden Boy 

That looks pretty cool- Kinda like the Suntour XC Pro cantis. You can adjust the spring tension to your liking. It looks like they have an outrageous amount of height adjustment. Like 26" or 650b or 700c or 27" just from that one braze on point!!!

jgedwa

Looks sort of like Paul or Avid Tri-Align. I think some generics were made in that style too along the way.

jim

blilrat

I think they are Marin-lites. You say it's been upgraded, maybe they found a Marin and stole parts from it for the Trek.

jimmuller 

From that pic it sure looks like the brake pad could impinge on the tire. If so, expect a flat in the not too distant future, and a tire with sidewall worn through.

NA3S

BLILRAT Im indebted to you, thanks!

I googled Marin Lite cantis and they're a dead match, apparently manufactured by Tectro and based off the Avid tri aligns.

I think some Simple Green, a 1/2 hr on the polishing wheel, new pads and grease and they should work admirably for at least another 20 yrs.

Thanks for the help!

cyclotoine

I was going to say Marin-Lite too, cool looking brakes.

cyclotoine

They may be anodized. Based on how shiny they are in the photo I would wager they are/ If you wipe them down with diluted simple green than rinse them immediately with clean water. Simple green will eat through anodizing. In fact I'd suggest just warm soapy water, no buffing required. I'd clean, lube and re-install.

3speedslow

You did good for $15, I wonder if the Goodwill/thrift store season for bikes has begun.