I'm building a Ridgeback 603 for some reason

[Takingabreak]

What a great thread. Come on, put that friday beer down and get the brakes fitted

 

[lewisflex]

What a great thread. Come on, put that friday beer down and get the brakes fitted

Yesterday, I'd rather planned to do the brakes tonight. Then this morning I woke up with a cold which I decided to sleep off after a vitamin C megadose and definitely planned to not do the brakes until I felt better. In and out of consciousness all day but...given the nice replies here I headed down the shed tonight and got the front one hooked up, then got bored of my nose running everywhere and gave up.



These are some Tektro cantilever brakes which came with my Proflex 854. When building that bike I replaced them with M739 V-brakes, because I like having good brakes. But now that I have one bike with good brakes I don't need another ??? some logic goes here idk

Anyway, these are cool. I'm using modern Kool-Stop pads and Jagwire cables to give me half a chance. And I'm using the Shimano link wire that came with the bike. It doesn't look cool, but it is a fundamentally good design.

Unfortunately I think two of the front-mount adjustable springs from this set of brakes are knackered. I'll take a closer look at that tomorrow and see if I'll have to rethink this setup or somehow find a replacement for the springs.