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01-04-23 | 12:31 PM

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Andy_K

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Originally Posted by Spaghetti Legs

I have to admit that contemplating mechanical advantage and straddle cable length always make my brain hurt so here is some advice from Sheldon. I will add that I've always found a cable adjuster somewhere along the track is essential to get the best out of a set of anti brakes.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/canti-trad.html

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/cantilever-geometry.html

Have you seen this?

https://www.chapmancycles.com/cantilevers/

The accompanying essay makes my brain hurt a bit, but I find the interactive tool to be very illuminating. For center pull brakes, if I understand what it's telling me, the only thing you really have any control over is the length of the straddle cable/height of the yoke, and once you get beyond a certain point, which I think most centerpull straddle cables exceed, even that isn't a factor.

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