You're right if you have new brakes with all the pieces and have at least seen and worked on them before. Sure the principle is the same as other canti brakes, but the application is a bit different. If you've never seen them before and need to fabricate parts and also pull them fully apart into all the little pieces it can take a while. Resilion brakes may be common as dirt over there but I've seen very few pair in the US. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives SB, CA
On Thursday, 11, 2002, at 11:33AM, Bob Reid <bob.reid1@virgin.net> wrote:
>Excuse me guy's, but just what kind of Resilion brakes were you trying to
>adjust ?
>
>What's complex about taking up the cable stretch with the adjuster beside
>the cable splitter,then setting the distance from the blocks to the rim with
>the adjusters on each arm independantly.
>
>There ain't too much to adjust ? - Resilion 'A' & 'B' Canti's work exactly
>the same.
>
>Enquiring mind want's to know......
>
>Bob Reid
>Stonehaven
>Scotland....
>
>> From: Brandon Ives <monkeylad@mac.com>
>> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:18:46 -0700 (PDT)
>> To: REClassicBikes@aol.com
>> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Subject: Re: [CR]Resiilion Cantis and insewt head races.
>>
>> On Thursday, 11, 2002, at 09:12AM, <REClassicBikes@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Resillion did indeed bring the first cantilever brakes to the mass market, in
>>> the 1920s. They were considered so much better than every other brake
>>> available that the CTC gave them a special award for them.
>>>
>>> They are devilishly hard to set up, but work well once done.
>>
>> Time for a little story. The first time I ever saw these brakes was on a
>> Raleigh tandem from the mid-30s. I was working for The Bikesmith in Seattle
>> and Val said "Have you ever worked on those?"
>> I responded, "Nope"
>> To which he said, "They want to pick it up tomorrow" and walked away.
>>
>> Val is one of those trial by fire teachers and was more than willing to pay
>> people to figure it out. Some people can't work under those conditions, I
>> thrive in them. After about 4 hours and making cables and pads to work and
>> much cursing and a lunch time pint of local microbrew it was done. The test
>> ride proved quite nice and everything worked well and after the final
>> inspection everything was great. When the customers came to pick the bike up
>> they were quite happy and couldn't remember when the brakes had worked so
>> well. After all the frustration to make them work it was well worth having a
>> happy customer. After this experience I have a soft spot for Resillion brakes
>> and someday I have a set and build a frame to fit them.
>> enjoy,
>> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>> SB, CA