Where have all the canti-lever framesets gone?
09-28-18, 08:07 PM
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cantilever brakes stop just fine but more importantly look cooler than discs ever could.
10-02-18, 02:25 PM
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The biggest issue with these frames is called out on the Bike Island page -- the chainstays don't clear popular road cranks. I crimped my chainstays and filed the corner off my crankarms because I wanted to use my SRAM Rival cranks and Stages power meter. The paint on the chainstays didn't survive the process, but the bike is fully functional. The other issue (for me) is that it doesn't have fender mounts.
It's been a solid bike for me. I use it for a mix of gravel rides, fast group road rides, commuting, and baby hauling. The handling is on the stable side of neutral. I never get concerned about handling or traction while bombing steep gravel descents. The torsional and lateral stiffness are high enough to be a non-issue. I've never ridden it with skinny tires to find out whether the frame soaks up any road vibration -- I very much doubt that it would be comfortable with 23mm tires.
11-02-18, 07:29 AM
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To answer my own questions
Some new old stock vendors (i.e. RandomBikeParts.com) have many in stock.
What are the other new old stock vendors out there?
What are the other new old stock vendors out there?
I enjoy building up bikes from framesets to get exactly what I want. I wanted a frameset with larger tire clearance but I prefer to take the canti or v-brake route rather than the disc-brake route and was hoping to find some good cantilever framesets out there for under $500.
Only found one decent weighted one (New Albion Privateer) but not much else, not even on e-bay. Perhaps I'm searching in the wrong places?
Only found one decent weighted one (New Albion Privateer) but not much else, not even on e-bay. Perhaps I'm searching in the wrong places?
11-02-18, 10:15 AM
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Nice Bianchi! I had bid on a couple of those when they came through eBay but never won one.
11-03-18, 11:13 AM
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Have been making changes to it little by little. OT is a newer set of Avid shorty 6 canti brakes for it. Stops when I need it to.
11-03-18, 11:15 AM
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A Surly Cross Check was my answer when I went looking for a high-tire-clearance canti frame. Hydraulic discs are great on my mountain bike, but that’s the only bike I want them on. Cantis have been reliable, simple, and light enough for cyclocross bikes for years and years, and when set up correctly work just as effectively for gravel bikes today. The fashion divas will disapprove, but who cares? 
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11-07-18, 03:58 PM
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Canti bikes will be lighter which is better if you are actually racing cross. Good canti with good pads are better then cheap mechanical discs on most entry level bikes in my opinion. And if you live in a place like SoCal like we both do where there is virtually no rain, mud, ice, snow then there is more of an argument for canti. I agree the industry is pushing all cross and road bikes toward discs but they still are not better in every way. It would be nice to see entry level cross bikes with canti instead of mechanical discs but that would require companies to make two versions of the same frame which is probably the main reason we don't see many canti frames
11-11-18, 06:44 PM
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