Albatross bars are cool!!
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Michigan
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Bikes: 1984 Cannondale ST; 1975 Raleigh Grand Prix; mystery Nashbar tandem MTB; 1991 Paramount Series 20 PDG (in bits); 1984 Raleigh Record (in smaller bits, needs dropout repair); 1985 Raleigh Alyeska (wrecked, needs downtube repair)
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Today I noticed something funny about the brakes on this Alyeska. The holes for the cantilever return springs are on the outboard side of the cantilever stud! I cross-checked with my '91 Paramount MOS, and its spring holes are on the inboard side of the stud. Yet I've seen pictures of an Alyeska equipped with Suntour XC-Pro brakes, which appear nearly identical to the XC-LTD cantilevers that came on my Paramount. Do folks performing such a brake swap have a special trick for making the springs work out?