"I went over to mini-v's from canti's and that helped a lot, prob because i got sick of constantly having to tweek the cantis i still get some judder, when turning hard for some reason, but its nothing like it was. as stated above a decent…"

"thanks John.  Yup, the judder is horrendous on the road - feels like the headset is totally loose but it definitely isn't."

"Hi Grant I have the same bike/fork and brake as you I guess, and got so frustrated with the judder and associated faffing I ended up doing this V-brake and Travel Agent conversion:     It looks a bit Heath Robison in this photo and…"

"thanks all.  will have a tinker about with it at the weekend and see what helps"

"Try properly torquing the headset bearing preload. I had dramatic results after spending a fortune on pads/brakes etc. You'll need a low range torque wrench as it needs 3-4 NM"

"Fork shutter sucks. Some forks are worse than other as well due to their make up. Indeed per comments above, toe-in of the pads is critical and helpful (I literally had to bend the (brake) posts on TRP Magnesium's (be careful not to…"

"Try these babies if adjusting is difficult... http://www.zepnat.com/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage_modern/product_id,1068/category_id,40/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,48/ Adjust-tastic and eliminated my…"

"OK, thanks Barry will give that a try"

"are the front brake shoes toe-ing in correctly ???? try some 'softer' compound front pads, had a friends carbon forked X bike and it was terrible for shaking but reset the front toe-in and fitted softer pads and was ok... might help…"

"cheers matthew - pretty sure the fork isn't drilled - think it's full carbon unfortunately."

"If you can add a fork mounted brake hanger, that ought to do it. My fork was already drilled. Yours may not be..."

"Michael,   Thanks for the offer however my seller came good and the bits had arrived in the post yesterday when I got home from work.   Thanks anyway :-)   Grant"

"Brilliant, thanks Michael.   The forks John had were not suitable so your bits(!) may be the golden ticket!   However, it turns out the fella I bought the framset from has now found the parts and has said he is posting them to me so…"

"Grant   I was scrabbling through a box of bits and rememberign your dilema I found what i think are a couple of brake bosses with holes in for springs. I am not sure what bike/fork  they came off, but looking at them I think they…"

"legend John, thanks mate.   Did you avoid the carnage at Ballater???"