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wider rims like the H+Son’s give the brakes less mechanical advantage and poor braking.
Highly doubt it.
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From my experience, the wider rim, such as the H+Son made the brake arms sit angled down, even with the spacers swapped around to the narrowest setting. Changing the rims to narrower ones allowed the arms to sit better and work better.
It’s also discussed here:
https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/cantilever-threaded-post-brake-service
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Bars on and wrapped. They feel really good and not excessively wide. Bike all re-cabled. Just need to cut the cables. Thinking of swapping the wheels out for narrower rims* though so I’ll do that before I cut anything. Also have to reinstall the front rack and steal the Wald basket from my pub bike (because I don’t see myself going to the pub any time soon).
*because this is an older frame, wider rims like the H+Son’s give the brakes less mechanical advantage and poor braking. I’m hoping going from 23mm wide to 19mm make a difference. I was using the 19mm rims on here originally and the braking was a lot better.