Re: [CR]Touring on vintage lightweights

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 01:19:53 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Touring on vintage lightweights
To: Sheldon Brown <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <412171ED.1040005@nonlintec.com> <p0611049cbd487a2f0abc@[10.0.1.9]> <p061104f0bd4a9882bb42@[10.0.1.9]> <p0611042ebd4c7044737b@[10.0.1.9]>

Sheldon,

I'm not under any of these ideas, suppositions or straw men.

Joe Bender-Zanoni Great Notch, NJ

Sheldon said:

Sounds as if Joe is under the old, fallacious idea that the reason for cantilevers is to improve braking power. That's not correct. Cantilevers don't inherently have more braking power than caliper brakes.

The purpose of cantilevers is to improve tire and fender clearance.