+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.
