as they say "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"... I have same issue with sidepulls BTW... especially now with my Ram front clearance issues. Seriously thinking of having a local framebuilder add some canti mounts. That way I'll be able to runs some 37mm tires and fenders with 32's.
Centerpulls and Canti's just look right on a bike to me. ~Mike~ On Nov 30, 12:49 am, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > "unsymmetrical arms?" Maybe you're thinking of sidepulls? :^) > > I have a bike with v-brakes. It's an outlier in my history, in that in > ten years I've never had to dick around with the setup once. The > levers have adjusters to change the pivot point, and there's plenty of > modulation. They're prettier than my Quickbeam's stock brakes, too... > > I love that Google's first return for "v-brakes" is Sheldon's article > on adjusting them. > Philip > > Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com > > On Nov 29, 1:25 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 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 canti's. On those same MTB bike they have been replaced by disc brakes 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 -- 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.
