I have the Tektro V-Brakes that came with the Clem Jr and they are very powerful. I would not want to put salmon Koolstops on these, it would probably throw me over the bars. Excellent brakes. Jan Heine might complain they don't modulate, but I think with the cheap Tektro pads, they modulate very well.
On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Brian Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I am the contrary voice. I think cantilever brakes are a poorer, > more complicated design than v-brakes and that the performance of v-brakes > is superior enough, in my view, to never equip a bike with canti's again. > Yes, I can set up cantis. I have used all manner of vintage and modern > canti's. I have done canti set up, by my rough count, 90+ times. > > Save yourself time and frustration. Get a nice set of say XT level > v-brakes. You more than likely WON'T need salmon kool stops because they > become TOO grabby IME with quality v-brakes. Now you will be able to stop > your ride with much less effort (IMHO) and not have to obsees about whether > your brakes have been "optimized" in the set-up process. You can just go > ride and stop when and where you need too with no more mental energy > expended :-) > > On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 4:06:29 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> The principal virtues of V brakes is that they are so easy to set up, and >> that they don't require cable housing stops. Most decent brakes well set up >> will stop fine, but V brakes are easier to set up so that they do this. I >> don't think that V brakes as such are inherently more powerful than other >> types. >> >> I've never used decent (as opposed to WalMart junk) V brakes that weren't >> confidence inspiring, assuming that the V brakes were not grossly >> maladjusted. Cantis: I've always had a hard time getting low profile >> cantis, esp the rear, to work well with drop bar levers, but OTOH, the very >> best brakes bar none at all that I've ever used in the 46 years since I >> built my first bike from scratch were IRD cantis on my Sam Hill set up by >> Riv staff. >> >> So: CX 70s: proper setup; then good, salmon Kool stop pads -- if they >> don't work with these 2 conditions met, then try V brakes. >> >> Patrick Moore, who built his first bike using an Indian DL-1 clone, a >> 700C rear wheel, and a 24" front, and was very surprised to find that no >> caliper brake would fit (and rode the bike anyway, freewheel, in hilly >> terrain and in city traffic). >> >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 1:13 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've never used v brakes. I currently have the cx70's that riv sells. I >>> like them, but steep curvy stuff with a load can get a little scary. I'm ok >>> with a little scary, but I am curious about v brakes. So... >>> -is stopping power enough improved with v brakes to consider changing >>> over? >>> -if so, what are you using? >>> -Something like the Paul motolite, with the vertical pad adjustment >>> seems interesting, if it could facilitate a 700c to 650b conversion. 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