Tomorrow will mark 12 years...I came to this thread -- and happy to keep it alive -- because I am considering a Surly Cross Check and a Long Haul Trucker (I'm a road racer and typically "hang out" in the 33). Thanks for the years of info here folksI'm going to use it, at first, for a 1700 mile tour through Europe, then, probably commuting and some recreational off-road riding. I think it will be V-brake for me.
Training low-tech/old-school style with my srm in "Siberia" (like Rocky IV) in preparation for the 2012 racing season.
I like cantilever brakes. I haven't found them to be that hard to adjust and I have the old style post pads as opposed to the ones you actually screw in and can do the angle easier. Work great for a drop bar mtb conversion.
Punctuation is important. It's the difference between "I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse" and "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse"
I have cantilever on my old bridgestone mb-2 and mb-3 without issues...but, I do like the v-brakes on my kids' mtbs
Training low-tech/old-school style with my srm in "Siberia" (like Rocky IV) in preparation for the 2012 racing season.
Not bad for an old thread! With our luck it might reach 13!
My only issue with my Bianchi Sika's cantis is heel strike.
I have Deore LX cantis on that bike and my heels often hit the brakes.
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I like cantis because they offer a wide range of adjustment (which also complicates adjustment), though I haven't riddent vbrakes for a few years. I remember they stopped well but I feel like there was less modulation.
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When I bought my mtn bike, there was a craze for anodized parts, so I set up my bike with blue colored parts. Got myself blue colored Critical Racing cantilever brakes with matching blue colored Paul Love Levers. Well that was back in the early 90's.....it is still going strong and like they say, if it ain't broke, why should I change to vee brakes...
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Originally Posted by Clutch
...I guess I'm only a few days late posting about NYC's burgeoning brakeless fixie mountain biking scene.
Minimalism is big now. In houses . . . in running shoes . . . who knows? Maybe brakes that are almost not there will make a comeback too
Why???
Like a circus monkey on a stolen Harley......
^a bad April Fool's idea that I didn't get to photoshop in time. If it's really happening I will go kick myself.
Why not in bikes as a whole?Minimalism is big now. In houses . . . in running shoes . . . who knows? Maybe brakes that are almost not there will make a comeback too
just a n00b with an ego
I've heard those striders are the best way to teach kids to ride.Why not in bikes as a whole?
Punctuation is important. It's the difference between "I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse" and "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse"
I don't know I have a merida equiped with the full 1993 lx group set, the cantis are braking well but i will replace them later with v brakes for a better and more modulable braking.
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Kudos to those using the search feature and not starting another cantis vs V brakes thread because it has been a question that has plagued mankind for millenia.
Nothings ever quite that simple anyway. V-brakes ARE THEMSELVES a form of cantilever brakes - actually the Registered name for Shimano's version of linear pull cantilever brakes. Even cable pull isn't consistent. Mini V-brakes will have a ratio similar to traditional cantis and less mechanical advantage than V-brakes eith longer arms. And the now discontinued Shimano parallel push V-brakes have every bit as much braking power as many disc brake systems.
Tire, fender or rack clearance is usually more of a reason to end up with one system over another. Traditional cantis give the most clearance and can handle any tire/fender combination that'll fit on a bike. And they happen to be compatible with the pull ratio of most road brake levers.
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