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MTB Mechanic: Cantilever Brakes

  • By Lennard Zinn
  • Published Aug. 26, 2011
  • Updated Aug. 30, 2011 at 12:05 PM UTC

Dial-in those tried-and-true (nice way of saying, old-skool) cantilever brakes with help from Singletrack.com’s Lennard Zinn (and some new pads!). This video will show you how.

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Lennard Zinn

Lennard Zinn, our longtime technical writer, joined VeloNews in 1987. He is also a frame builder, former U.S. national team rider, and author of many bicycle books including Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance and Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists. He holds a bachelor’s in physics from Colorado College. Readers can send brief technical questions to Ask LZ.