I have to disagree with some of the statements. V-brakes are just easier not to screw up during setup (fewer adjustments, fewer things to setup wrong), thats really the only major advantage, there is a small leverage benefit but canti's have better modulation in general.
If you setup Canti's properly and run the right brake pads and proper short pull levers they will stop as well as any cable actuated rim brake will maybe even as good as cable discs. I have bikes that run Canti's that you can lock up the wheels with 1 finger. I have also used V-brakes that sucked. The trick is older Canti's can be a pain to setup right, Im talking XT cantilever brakes here or similar. Or really any kind that uses the plain non-threaded post mount brake pads, except the 90's Avid Cantilever brakes those are the best for setup ever. Most of it is about geometry though. You have to have the Straddle cable setup right and then have to have the brake pads hitting the rim at 90 degrees and toed in, most of the poorly performing Canti brakes are not adjusted to the correct geometry. Proper setup of Canti Brakes is a bit of a lost art these days. Nowadays the Tektro CR720 Cantilever Brakes are just about as easy to setup as V brakes, mostly due to the fact that they use regular V- brake style brake pads. The only thing more fiddly on these is setting up the straddle cable correctly. The Pauls would also be just as easy to setup right, or again any canti brake that uses the threaded V brake brake pads. anyway thats my 2 cents. Will 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...... -- 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.
