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Chopping off the cable stop and replacing it with a integrated cable stop/seat collar won't help your situation. You have all the parts to have a brilliant set of brakes, you just need to set them up correctly. Cantis can be a pain but rewards are plenty when given enough time with installation.
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The brake works fine - does skids and reverse endos (also does nicely modulated slowing down of mass but less important...) but feels and looks like shit.
I’m laying the blame solely on the angle the cable leaves the stop at. The poor feel is cable friction, not sponginess or anything else. Pretty sure raising the cable stop in line with the brake arms is going to fix this.
lmamammal
Got the orange cabled up, need to make some minor adjustments to lengths. Bit of a faff when trying to get it to work/look nice both with and without bag.
Rear brake makes me feel sad when I look at it and when I pull the lever. Might chop off the stop and get a funky monkey: