Not to rehash old arguments, but cantilevers have a lot going against them compared to linear-pulls. Obviously, cantilevers have more history and have cemented a certain nostalgic/aesthetic following, and there's nothing wrong with favoring that if that's your position. IMO the "modulation" argument is overblown/nonsense and mostly thrown in as a function-based argument by those who really just prefer the nostalgia/aesthetics of cantilevers. To each his or her own, but whenever I ride or work on a bike with cantilevers, I feel that v-brakes would be an improvement in ease of set-up and adjustment, and in stopping power to hand-strength ratio.
Anecdote: after years with cantilevers, my first hard stop with v-brakes was a (slightly scary) revelation. THIS is what an adequately powerful brake feels like! The hard-stop potential may be what the modulation people are talking about. For me, modulating my grip strength and awareness of the stopping power was a quick and effortless process. I live in Minneapolis where curvy mountain passes are few and far between. Maybe modulation is less of an issue here than it is for skinny guys who do brevets in the Cascades and have a bias toward antique bike technology. Not that there's anything wrong with that! I live in a flatter place, and would put the latest abd greatest hydraulic disc brakes on all my bikes if it was possible. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/nW5_AUNbhfAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
