Initially when I built up my first Rivendell 2 yrs ago I used Cantis. Went through, I think, 4 pairs, out of curiosity how they differ - VO Zeste, CR-710, Avid Shorty Ultimate and one other I can't remember.
I was most impressed with the Avid in terms of performance and design (I'm not talking about the aesthetics). VO Zeste was quite good as well. Somehow the Zeste opened wider (the brake shoes didn't hit the fork blades), hence it was very convenient to remove wheels that had 2.00" tires on. Eventually I switched to v-brakes. This was NOT for performance reasons. I have OCD tendencies. Found myself constantly fiddling with the brakes. There's not much to tweak with in v-brakes. I think cantis look cooler and the modulation they offer is actually useful. I do not like the 'grabbiness' of v-brakes. One day I think I'll go back to cantis. On Sunday, 14 April 2019 17:00:01 UTC-7, Erik Wright wrote: > > I'm thinking about getting canti posts brazed onto my sidepull Sam > Hillborne to fit a wider tire / make wide tire installation easier. Canti > brakes would be replacing Paul Racers. > > If I go this route, what are the best options out there? I figure top of > the line is Paul, but what's a more affordable brake? I see a lot of > chatter around Shimano CX70, but hear they're discontinued. Is there a > comparable option available now, or does it make sense to hunt down a used > set of CX70s? If I splurge on Neo Retros, am I gaining anything > functionally over other options? > > Thanks! > > Erik, Philly > -- 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.
