Help Identifying Vintage-ish Canti Brakes
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Help Identifying Vintage-ish Canti Brakes
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I just scored a complete 1991 Trek 850 Antelope at Goodwill tonight for $15. It's been upgrade to a mix of XT and Suntour of various eras and has these slick adjustable canti brakes which, for the life of me, I can't seem to identify....
These brakes have no branding or logo of any kind, the adjustable pad carriers are anodized blue, and the posts have black incremental markings to distinguish the height adjustment. They don't utilize the spring locator hole on the frame mounted canti stud and appear to be pretty high quality; but don't appear to be CNC'd....
Please excuse the poor nocturnal cell phone garage pic, I'll post better ones in the morning.
If anyone can help me determine what these brakes are I'd be much obliged!
The frame is built with double butted Tange MTB tubing, has tons of braze ones, nice long chain stays, and a slick front der pulley.
The plan is...
-add a 26" Surly LHT fork
-upgrade to a King/Thomson threadless set up
-powdercoat the frame/fork/stem
-take advantage of the vertical adjustment these cantis have and lace up a nice set of Schmidt dynamo/A23 650b wheels shod with 42c Hetres
-Edelux II head and Supernova E3 tail lights
-VO full fenders and Nitto M12 rack
-Brooks saddle
-Jitensha bars
-Suntour thumb shifters
-Sugino 42/26t compact double x 12-36 9 spd cassette
Essentially an ideal commuter/tourer/do anything bike....
Thanks in advance for any help identifying these brakes!
I just scored a complete 1991 Trek 850 Antelope at Goodwill tonight for $15. It's been upgrade to a mix of XT and Suntour of various eras and has these slick adjustable canti brakes which, for the life of me, I can't seem to identify....
These brakes have no branding or logo of any kind, the adjustable pad carriers are anodized blue, and the posts have black incremental markings to distinguish the height adjustment. They don't utilize the spring locator hole on the frame mounted canti stud and appear to be pretty high quality; but don't appear to be CNC'd....
Please excuse the poor nocturnal cell phone garage pic, I'll post better ones in the morning.
If anyone can help me determine what these brakes are I'd be much obliged!
The frame is built with double butted Tange MTB tubing, has tons of braze ones, nice long chain stays, and a slick front der pulley.
The plan is...
-add a 26" Surly LHT fork
-upgrade to a King/Thomson threadless set up
-powdercoat the frame/fork/stem
-take advantage of the vertical adjustment these cantis have and lace up a nice set of Schmidt dynamo/A23 650b wheels shod with 42c Hetres
-Edelux II head and Supernova E3 tail lights
-VO full fenders and Nitto M12 rack
-Brooks saddle
-Jitensha bars
-Suntour thumb shifters
-Sugino 42/26t compact double x 12-36 9 spd cassette
Essentially an ideal commuter/tourer/do anything bike....
Thanks in advance for any help identifying these brakes!
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That looks pretty cool- Kinda like the Suntour XC Pro cantis. You can adjust the spring tension to your liking. It looks like they have an outrageous amount of height adjustment. Like 26" or 650b or 700c or 27" just from that one braze on point!!!
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Looks sort of like Paul or Avid Tri-Align. I think some generics were made in that style too along the way.
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I think they are Marin-lites. You say it's been upgraded, maybe they found a Marin and stole parts from it for the Trek.
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From that pic it sure looks like the brake pad could impinge on the tire. If so, expect a flat in the not too distant future, and a tire with sidewall worn through.
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BLILRAT Im indebted to you, thanks!
I googled Marin Lite cantis and they're a dead match, apparently manufactured by Tectro and based off the Avid tri aligns.
I think some Simple Green, a 1/2 hr on the polishing wheel, new pads and grease and they should work admirably for at least another 20 yrs.
Thanks for the help!
I googled Marin Lite cantis and they're a dead match, apparently manufactured by Tectro and based off the Avid tri aligns.
I think some Simple Green, a 1/2 hr on the polishing wheel, new pads and grease and they should work admirably for at least another 20 yrs.
Thanks for the help!
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I was going to say Marin-Lite too, cool looking brakes.
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BLILRAT Im indebted to you, thanks!
I googled Marin Lite cantis and they're a dead match, apparently manufactured by Tectro and based off the Avid tri aligns.
I think some Simple Green, a 1/2 hr on the polishing wheel, new pads and grease and they should work admirably for at least another 20 yrs.
Thanks for the help!
I googled Marin Lite cantis and they're a dead match, apparently manufactured by Tectro and based off the Avid tri aligns.
I think some Simple Green, a 1/2 hr on the polishing wheel, new pads and grease and they should work admirably for at least another 20 yrs.
Thanks for the help!
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You did good for $15, I wonder if the Goodwill/thrift store season for bikes has begun.