On 12/24/19 6:20 PM, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote:
On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 7:50:26 AM UTC-8, lconley wrote:On the question of V-brakes vs. Centerpulls, in my opinion V-brakes are: 1. Just too ugly. A very subjective thing. 2. Very hard to combine with wide/tall tires and fenders.
In practice, that is not a realistic "versus" question at all. There are no centerpulls that would fit onto V-brake brazed-on posts. While there is a centerpull that uses canti posts (which V brakes also do) the posts would be positioned all wrong. The choice would be between V brakes and cantilevers, since a frame equipped with brazed on posts suitable for the one would also be suitable for the other.
Of course, you are right about V brake ugliness and crowding tall tires and fenders. You could also mention V brake hair-trigger lack of modulation and incompatibility with road brake levers as cons.
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