I've had no problems with V brake modulation. IME, they don't modulate as well as a top quality pair of sidepulls, or those IRD cantis set up by Rivendell, but the difference is largely academic. It never affected my riding.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > On 01/10/2017 07:13 PM, Eric Daume wrote: > >> I'll say, V brakes are the ones that don't seem to get any respect. >> Cantis still have some cool factor from the 'cross crowd, but V brake seem >> mostly relegated to cheap hybrids. But if you look at power, cost, weight, >> modulation, and set up ease, I think V's would at least get a podium finish >> in every category. >> >> >> > A prize for modulation? They give prizes for not having any? In my - > admittedly limited - experience, V brakes have all the modulation of an > electric light switch and all the simplicity of the binary numbering > system: ON and OFF with nothing in between. Then, there's butt ugly, > incompatible with standard brake levers and integrated brake/shift levers > and interference with fenders to add to their "charms." > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
