I totally relate to Ash and Will on the preference for a stronger rear brake, as my Bombadil is set up this way using 2 different models of cantis on it. On my local back roads many are unpaved and rather primitive, and all them very hilly, some of which are well over 20 percent grades. Going downhill on these with loose rocks and dirt over over hard larger rocky/limestone surface can be very tricky to say the least. There's no way I'd want a v-brake on front that could lock up, ever !! If the front brake has no modulation, it's worthless to me.
The beauty of canti is there are endless models and infinite ways of setting them up. You can use short or long pads, thin or thick, and they all work. I rather prefer the smooth post style also. On the front you can exchange the stem mounted cable stop for the Tektro fork mounted one, which allows for a cleaner direct-cable look, if that matters, and those hangers from my experience made an already good brake into an outstanding one. (XC Pro canti on my Frankllin). I have one of these hangers for my Bombadil also but haven't gotten around to putting it on yet, hah ! I'm referring to these : <https://cdn.bike24.net/i/mb/41/e2/24/139497-00-c-240636.jpg> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fdf531fa-d27d-4b33-bd0b-bc5257672432o%40googlegroups.com.
