I got these cantilevers from a good friend and excellent bike mechanic who said he found them in the stock room of a bike shop that was going under and was bought out by his shop.

Anyone seen these before?

They are extremely primitive, having no spring adjustment....I guess moving the spring around and physically twisting it are the only options for centering.

That said, I might use them. The machining of the arms is really neat.

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You would center those by adjusting the pad distance. Not really my idea of fun.

+1 on the adjustment.

Back in the early '90's there were plenty of alternative cantilevers made by CNC shops trying to making bike parts of all sorts. I've heard that many of them were looking for anything to do after military contracts ran out. Once the CNC shops ran out of ideas, the Taiwan shops started knocking off their designs at 1/4 the price. What TB has looks like one of those knock-offs.

If it works, fine. If not, sell it at a swap meet.

This looks like a job for... dum Dum DUMMMM! The Classic & Vintage Subforum!

Oh. Never mind. Jeff Wills responded.

one of my bikes has cantis w no screw adjustment. it is really not very troublesome at all.