The wrong Shimano brakes/shifters and cantilever brakes

[Mike Ayling]

I think your brake levers are V brake compatible and you have older canti brakes.
Easiest thing is to get v brakes.

Agree. Also they need a lot less pressure on the levers.
Before I changed my Surly LHT to V brakes I built up fore arms like Popeye from pulling the Cantis.

 

[raleighnut]

You can get a set of Shimano Deore V-brakes for £20-30, fit on the same pivot bosses and no clearance issues.................no brainer to me

 

[Ajax Bay]

Comrade just wants to buy new brake levers. Must replace shifters too. This bullsh!t is high on the list of reasons I despise Shi**no?

Think you're being unkind. The OP has inherited flat bar combi trigger shifter/brakes. They'll be fine with V-brakes, which is what they were designed to work with, but the previous owner has, for ?15 years, put up with (or likely not ridden because of) the poor performance/modulation of cantis.

 

[mickle]

Think you're being unkind. The OP has inherited flat bar combi trigger shifter/brakes. They'll be fine with V-brakes, which is what they were designed to work with, but the previous owner has, for ?15 years, put up with (or likely not ridden because of) the poor performance/modulation of cantis.

I'm being unkind to Shi**no.