Originally Posted by
Jmpierce
Yeah, the brakes are not brand new but I haven't really rode them on the street.
I've had these bars for years and had them angled (I guess wrongly) far further forward and they were very comfortable just not feeling them on this build. I'm waiting on bars that will be more upright and angled back more towards the saddle.
I have two fork mounted hangers but they aren't as tall as the one you added the link to. I'll look into that one. Thanks for the link.
I've noticed you are running wide profile brakes, which are favored for mud clearance. Tourers and dry offroaders generally prefer low profile brakes for better heel and bag clearance. Wide profile brakes use a higher straddle, low profiles will have a lower straddle and stronger braking.
For cantilevers, I like to use
cams like this, but I'm not sure how well they work with wide profile cantis. I'm paranoid of snapped or loose cables and there is no fender to catch the cable in my case.