David klipper

The best and most cost effective option is the new Kool-Stop Tectonic brake pad. They work amazing! We ran them this entire cross season.

david

Luke Sosnowski

I was having awful problems with brake chatter with a lightweight Easton EC90CX fork. Switched to V-brakes with a Travel Agent on the front. It works like a charm - no chatter whatsoever, and more braking power than my original cantis. Even clearance seems to be adequate, and I find the pad spacing pretty easy to adjust.

I have been riding it for the last two cross seasons, and highly recommend the setup.

The only downsides are that it takes a bit of time to set up the cable with the travel agent, so replacing brake cables takes an extra ten minutes, and you have to adjust your cable every 3-4 races to avoid bottoming out your lever as the pads wear.

Luke

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
> Required reading:
> http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/12/cyclocross/technical-qa-with-lennard-zinn-return-to-cross_101807
> http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/12/cyclocross/technical-qa-with-lennard-zinn-%E2%80%93-more-about-chatter_101914
>
> Rick Johnson
> Bend, Oregon
>
> Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction...
> One, it's completely impossible.
> Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing.
> Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
>
> Arthur C. Clarke
>
> Brett Boyles wrote:
>
> I have a cross bike with an Shimano Ultegra shifter/brake levers, Alpha Q
> front fork and Avid Shorty 6 cantilever brakes. I get violent brake chatter
> when I brake hard going down hills which makes my front brake useless. I
> have changed pads styles and adjusted the toe-in many times and am ready to
> give up. I want something that is useable for cross racing.
>
>
>
> Has anyone switched to V-brakes using a Problem Solvers Travel Agent to fix
> the cable pull ratio? Any other ideas?
>

Matthew Haughey

The just-released issue #8 of Cyclocross Magazine also has a whole
article on eliminating chatter that talked about fork-mounted cable
stops and mini-v brakes being some things that worked.

Matt

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
> Required reading:
> http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/12/cyclocross/technical-qa-with-lennard-zinn-return-to-cross_101807
> http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/12/cyclocross/technical-qa-with-lennard-zinn-%E2%80%93-more-about-chatter_101914
>
> Rick Johnson
> Bend, Oregon
>
> Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction...
> One, it's completely impossible.
> Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing.
> Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
>
> Arthur C. Clarke
>
> Brett Boyles wrote:
>
> I have a cross bike with an Shimano Ultegra shifter/brake levers, Alpha Q
> front fork and Avid Shorty 6 cantilever brakes. I get violent brake chatter
> when I brake hard going down hills which makes my front brake useless. I
> have changed pads styles and adjusted the toe-in many times and am ready to
> give up. I want something that is useable for cross racing.
>
>
>
> Has anyone switched to V-brakes using a  Problem Solvers Travel Agent to fix
> the cable pull ratio?   Any other ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Required reading:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/12/cyclocross/technical-qa-with-lennard-zinn-return-to-cross_101807

http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/12/cyclocross/technical-qa-with-lennard-zinn-%E2%80%93-more-about-chatter_101914

Rick Johnson

Bend, Oregon

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction...

One, it's completely impossible. 

Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. 

Three, I said it was a good idea all along.

Arthur C. Clarke

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I have a cross bike with an Shimano Ultegra
shifter/brake
levers, Alpha Q front fork and Avid Shorty 6 cantilever brakes. I get
violent
brake chatter when I brake hard going down hills which makes my front
brake
useless. I have changed pads styles and adjusted the toe-in many times
and am
ready to give up. I want something that is useable for cross racing.

 

Has anyone switched to V-brakes using a  Problem
Solvers Travel Agent to fix the cable pull ratio?   Any other ideas?

 

 

 

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Brett Boyles

I have a cross bike with an Shimano Ultegra shifter/brake levers, Alpha
Q front fork and Avid Shorty 6 cantilever brakes. I get violent brake
chatter when I brake hard going down hills which makes my front brake
useless. I have changed pads styles and adjusted the toe-in many times
and am ready to give up. I want something that is useable for cross
racing.

Has anyone switched to V-brakes using a Problem Solvers Travel Agent to
fix the cable pull ratio? Any other ideas?