Originally Posted by
spacemaniss
You need a shorter link cable. I have similar Shimano Cantilever brakes with Dia Compe aero levers on my Trek T200. Shimano link wire coded B (I think 82 mm) works the best. Good balance between mechanical advantage and not bottomming out a brake lever. I also tried a shorter Link coded A (72 mm), it makes stopping power even stronger, but I use about 90% of brake lever travel, and to make the brakes properly, the pads need to be adjusted perfectly. Wheel removal becomes a problem too. 90-100 mm link wire I just think is just too long, that's why you don't get enough braking power.
You would need a shorter wire if no pad post adjustment were made. The effect you are affecting (& looking for in this case) is still a flatter straddle cable.
Either way has the same end result and one method may be more favorable than the other depending on the particular spacing of the studs on a particular bike.
Good point.