The Vintage Mountain Bike Thread.

Plankosaurus said:
Hey there vintage gurus, does anyone know if there's a whatsit or thingymabob that I can bolt to the fork arch of my old Judy's to get my even older Canti brakes going?

I'd prefer to avoid using v brakes and I don't have enough steerer length to use one that mounts to that. I could drill through the stem as a last resort, but there's a hole in my fork arch so I figure something could conceivably be mounted there...

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Not so sure running from the stem would work with suspension. Cable will have variable pull with movement. Why the dislike for V's?
 
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Chriso_29er said:
Not so sure running from the stem would work with suspension. Cable will have variable pull with movement. Why the dislike for V's?
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you're absolutely right, going from the stem or steerer wouldn't work! looks like its a fork arch solution or nothing.

not so much a dislike for V as much as just wanting to run canti's. I remember being sooooooo jealous of mates that had canti's back in the early 90's, so now i can track them down and lord this over them :p
 
Plankosaurus said:
not so much a dislike for V as much as just wanting to run canti's. I remember being sooooooo jealous of mates that had canti's back in the early 90's, so now i can track them down and lord this over them :p
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The utter joy of adjusting cantis to get the same pull on both side will give you hours of fun and also pull your OCD strings at the same time.

They do work well once they are adjusted just right.
 
Mr Crudley said:
The utter joy of adjusting cantis to get the same pull on both side will give you hours of fun and also pull your OCD strings at the same time.

They do work well once they are adjusted just right.
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Nah, they are shite. I swapped cantilever to vee for immediate improvement.
 
Plankosaurus said:
you're absolutely right, going from the stem or steerer wouldn't work! looks like its a fork arch solution or nothing.

not so much a dislike for V as much as just wanting to run canti's. I remember being sooooooo jealous of mates that had canti's back in the early 90's, so now i can track them down and lord this over them :p
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@Plankosaurus have you seen this discussion?
www.mtbr.com

Parts Help: Rock Shocks Cantilever Brake Cable Mount

I'm not sure what else to call it. One of my friends is upgrading his fork, and he has older aftermarket cantilever brakes. His current fork has an arm that goes upwards to hold the end of the brake cable. His newer fork just has a hole where some sort of extension should be bolted in...
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If your hell bent on running canti's I have an old set of canti Mach V's taking up space in my shed you can have.
 
ausdb said:
@Plankosaurus have you seen this discussion?
www.mtbr.com

Parts Help: Rock Shocks Cantilever Brake Cable Mount

I'm not sure what else to call it. One of my friends is upgrading his fork, and he has older aftermarket cantilever brakes. His current fork has an arm that goes upwards to hold the end of the brake cable. His newer fork just has a hole where some sort of extension should be bolted in...
www.mtbr.com www.mtbr.com
If your hell bent on running canti's I have an old set of canti Mach V's taking up space in my shed you can have.
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Thanks mate, had not seen that and it unfortunately makes some sense reflectors on the arch was a thing back then wasn't it? I'd hate to break the forks just because I want to use inferior brakes

I've got some stx V's here, I'll just get with the times and use them.

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I cannot imagine a hand pull (!) would be too much for that bracket. The aluminium piece you posted is not exactly strong and anyway what is the worst that could happen, no brakes? It's cantilever there are no brakes anyway.

Go vee though...
 
V up front and Canti out back. This is going to shit me to tears till I find a solution to get a V brake on the rear (the cable guide won't really work for V, there's nowhere to fit an outer cable)

But it's ridable, and super nostalgic
(The first MTB I bought myself was a barracuda, and it got stolen off the back of my ute in my early 20s when I failed to secure it with anything more than ropes)

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I'd still like to ditch the grip shifter for some triggers, and get some matching Araya rims on it because they were apparently the bees knees when I was in high school.

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Plankosaurus said:
V up front and Canti out back. This is going to shit me to tears till I find a solution to get a V brake on the rear (the cable guide won't really work for V, there's nowhere to fit an outer cable)

But it's ridable, and super nostalgic
(The first MTB I bought myself was a barracuda, and it got stolen off the back of my ute in my early 20s when I failed to secure it with anything more than ropes)

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I'd still like to ditch the grip shifter for some triggers, and get some matching Araya rims on it because they were apparently the bees knees when I was in high school.

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Awesome, we have to do a retro burn around Lysty now, once we can again.
Though I did managed to break my front V-brake recently so going to have to get on the hunt for a replacement at some stage.
 
Chriso_29er said:
Awesome, we have to do a retro burn around Lysty now, once we can again.
Though I did managed to break my front V-brake recently so going to have to get on the hunt for a replacement at some stage.
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Colour me keen

I can probably sort you out with a v brake too, how fussy are you on them?

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