I'm loving this debate. I have both canti and V-brakes. I love the way the cantis look, and I'm marginally satisfied with their performance (although I suspect I just haven't figured out the optimal setup) I love the way the V-brakes stop (and I have never had an issue with setup; works great first time, every time). I also like not having to rely on a cable hanger (for cantis), and am really liking the noodle... brilliant design. For certain classic bikes I'd simply prefer to have cantis (I regard it as form over function), and I must say, I love the CR720...I think it's an awesome, well-priced, beautifully designed brake. For my Bomba and any touring bike, I MUCH prefer to have V-brakes; They instill greater confidence that I will be able to bring a fully loaded bike to a stop much better than any canti I have used.
Having said that, I have ridden others' bikes with cantis that WERE simply the bee's knees; I just haven't figured out how to achieve that result. And since Jim mentioned discs, I have hydraulic disc brakes on my mountain bikes... they are simply amazing, and these will eventually take the touring world by storm... that's another debate I'll join any day. Peace and Love of ALL brakes ... BB On May 12, 6:57 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 19:37 -0700, ted wrote: > > Regarding the "link wire" design for cantilevers, color me ignorant. > > But it sounds to me like a sort of hybrid design. If it doesn't have a > > straddle cable I wouldn't have thought it was appropriate to call the > > thing a cantilever brake. Not much difference between a mini-v brake > > like the coming Paul mini-motos and a low profile canti with a "link- > > wire" design. > > I know you've seen these a million times. > > linkwire.jpg > 30KViewDownload -- 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-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.
