Originally Posted by
icepick_trotsky
In this blog post, Velo Orange recommends Tektro 720s for 27" to 700c conversions, because they have a lot of adjustment.
The Velo ORANGE Blog: 27" Wheels and Measuring Brake Reach
I haven't tried them in a conversion, but I do have these brakes on a bike and like them a lot. Good looking (enough), inexpensive, and very easy to set up.
There is a second problem which is that the canti posts on older bikes are narrower than has become the norm. That may make it impossible to properly adjust the cantilever brakes. I tried some tektro 720s on a 1993 bridgestone xo-2. They worked fine on the rear but gave me headaches on the front. I ended up going with a suntour xc pro cantilevers and they worked fine. The posts on this bike are considerably wider than on my '83 Trek 720 and the tektros still didn't work.
Last edited by bikemig; 04-23-15 at 12:20 PM.