V brakes had their place in the evolution of braking IMO. For big knobby tired bikes( 2.3 inches+) they were better than poorly adjusted canti's. On those same MTB bike they have been replaced by disc brakes almost exclusively. A well adjusted good quality cantilever brake is just as powerful and is orders of magnitude better looking. The mismatched, unsymetrical arms of the V brake look out of place on a beautiful Rivendell bike. :-}
~Mike~ On Nov 29, 12:05 pm, RoadieRyan <ryansub...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 on V brakes with the Tektro road levers. I have them set up with > some Avid V brakes on my Handsome Devil. Overall I still prefer > sidepulls for set up and adjustment but I like the V's over the > Canti's. > > R > > On Nov 29, 12:07 am, Daniel M <dpmay...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Can I also chime in in favor of V-brakes with Tektro levers? I have > > had my Hillborne since May built by Rivendell with Deore V-brakes, > > Noodle bars, and Tektro levers and interruptors. The braking is > > superb. Loaded touring with tent, sleeping bag, food, clothes, etc, > > coming down paved roads at 35mph, in the drops, and literally only > > needing ONE finger on each lever to moderate slowing/stopping > > perfectly. I had a Bianchi Volpe with short-arm cantis and needed to > > apply so much pressure in similar situations that my hands ached. > > > The long-arm cantis that Rivendell sells are doubtless much better > > than the ones that came on my Volpe, but V-brakes are so powerful, so > > simple, and so easy to adjust that I can't imagine using anything > > else. > > > DM > > > On Nov 24, 3:28 am, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > Another one who feels that the 113 BB length is good. > > > > Will chime in on the brakes - my SH presently has Tektro 720 > > > cantilevers. The main winter project is switching it over to V > > > brakes. The cantis are not bad. But overall the newer V brakes are > > > so much nicer for stopping power. The only cantis, IMO, that come > > > close are the Pauls. If price is no object, then, yeah, go that > > > route. Otherwise, it's V for me. > > > > Oh yeah, my back story is originally riding on old mountain bikes > > > (back when they were new) and cantilevers were king. So I've always > > > been able to set them up. Even with that, still prefer them > > > newfangled stoppythingies. > > > > Eric Platt > > > St. Paul, MN > > > > On Nov 24, 12:52 am, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > If it doesn't rub its okay......- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
