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FWIW the Uncle John I bought came with 105 shifters (5700) and Decore LX v-brakes.
It was horrendous. Literally on/off braking.
From memory when I fixed the straddle cable on my 720s where I thought it should be (following sheldon's advice) it didn't really work.
I think this was the position they worked in: http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad106/hugo7_photos/IMG_0305.jpg