FWIW: I've fretted about brakes for over 40 years, and I've used just about every kind there is, and my conclusion is that the best brakes bar none that I ever used -- equal to Vs and mech disks in power, better than single pivots in modulation -- were the Riv set up IRD wide profile cantils on the floor Sam Hill I bought from Riv circa 2010. Salmon pads. Powerful but absolutely non-grabby.
WORST brakes I ever used: Mafac cantis on the Herse, both with Mafac levers and Tektros. Even the wider tandem model made absolutely no improvement. POS. On Nov 13, 11:06 pm, Jan RBW <jan....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I’m planning my new country bike with drop bars and bar end shifters and > > I’m considering which brakes I should choose. > > > > The alternatives I’m thinking at the moment are: > > - Tektro CR720 cantilevers & Shimano BL-R400 levers > > - Avid Single Digit 7 V-brakes & Tektro RL 520 levers > > > > From reading this thread I guess I should go with the V-brakes because of > > the better stopping power? > > > > I’m open to other alternatives too if you want to recommend something. > > > > Jan > ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
