I wonder why folks value modulation so highly? In my view, the primary purpose of brakes is to stop effectively, and therefore, the more powerful brake is my usual preference. With v-brakes, scrubbing speed in tight downhill corners or whatever isn't difficult at all to modulate, UNLESS you are accustomed to squeezing the bejeezus out of cantilevers to get the same result, in which case the v-brake will seem to lack modulation. In that case, the brake is hard to modulate because the rider has no finesse on the brake lever. No problem though, because it's easy to learn the necessary finesse.
On Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:07:00 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 09:33 -0700, dougP wrote: > > Just returned from a tour using a rental bike with V-brakes, and now > > giving serious consideration to that option. Day One I almost pitched > > over the h'bars when a pedestrian stepped into a crosswalk as I was > > mid-instersection. Note this was a totally unfamiliar bike and > > different riding position, etc. Paying a bit more attention to what I > > was doing, it took a couple of days to adapt to the braking power. > > Don't you mean "...it took a couple of days to adapt to the lack of > modulation"? > > > > -- 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/-/oZusUV37XvsJ. 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.
