The answer to each of those questions is "It depends". There are great and lousy set ups with center pulls. There are great and lousy set ups with V-Brakes. You decide if you prefer one over the other. Ride bikes to develop your preferences if that's what you want to do. If you're going to buy a bike without riding it first, then just know it's a guess and you may end up changing things. If you end up turning into a person who hates V-Brakes (for example) you may find that you want to get rid of a bike because of your hardened preferences. But there's nothing objectively "better" or "worse" between center pulls and V-brakes in the abstract general sense. As you search for "the right bike", I think the bike you buy will present itself and then you'll decide to buy it. Once you buy it, you'll try to like it. If you fail to like it, you'll have to do something else. It's all part of the journey. You are the captain of your own ship. Some people can't be satisfied with anything and keep searching. Some people can love anything because bikes in 2024 are all excellent. Most people are somewhere in between. What makes you happy has more to do with you than it has to do with brakes, or bikes.
Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 9:13:58 AM UTC-7 Robert Calton wrote: > I'm curious what the differences are between these two types of brakes > with regards to their respective maintenance and general use. Is one easier > to adjust and keep in good riding order than the other? Does one feel > fundamentally different than the other during the ride? > > I've read that "stopping power" is greater on v-brakes, but is it really > *that* much better to hold out for a frame that supports v-brakes? Are > there other factors I'm overlooking other than stopping power? I wouldn't > run more than 43mm tires and fenders. -- 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/704edc7c-9715-4f43-b1b7-6f2a30c3db25n%40googlegroups.com.
