Best cyclocross bike under £1000 and other CX chat

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amey in reply to @atk

Alright I'll take it to condor after work and see what they think. Ideally if there is no real advantage to R463 (prefer them over R353) I'll just stick with Tektro and keep it all matchy with a 90mm arm.

Is arm length related to cable pull?

Side note: the current £20 set up brakes far better than shop set up compression-less hope V twin that I had.

Disclaimer: I was fat then and a pro-buyer. Less of both now.

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atk in reply to @amey

Is arm length related to cable pull?

It's all related to 'mechanical advantage'.

Read: http://sheldonbrown.com/cantilever-geometry.html
Then the article on direct pull/(full size) v-brakes: http://sheldonbrown.com/canti-direct.html

Should cover enough for you to figure out how.

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amey in reply to @atk

Ta

Acquired Tektro RX6 from Condor. Came home to install them and stripped BOTH (yes both) nuts of the rear brake ..

Will take it to @edscoble at LCW tomorrow morning to get them out.

They look like they will work for the clearance now just hope the cable pull works with the levers.

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