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@nomoreknees
In the mean time you could significantly improve the feel and grip of the brakes by lowering the yoke/cable hanger a bit. The front especially is quite high.
If you look at the brakes head on the "ideal" set up of cantis has the cables coming from the brakes meeting at 90 degrees like so:
http://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/news/2010/10/13/1286959696109-i87v89gxjr24-500-90-500-70.jpg