Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
Hmm, you know I just remembered - don't Cyclocross bikes come with less grippy brakes, something about Cyclocross riders using them to slow, not stop, the bike?
I seem to remember numberous comments about it on the Tricross...
Do you mean the canti brakes? I think the reason cantilever brakes was used is due to the clearance over tires/wheels. In terms of performance, I can only speak from my ltd experience with a few CX bikes I rode that had canti brakes. YUP. The canti brakes did not illicit the confident stopping power as that of V-brakes and dual pivot brakes... let alone disc brakes. Now some canti experts would say this was due to bad tuning. Maybe, however the LBS CX bikes I rode didn't stop as well as my own bikes with amateur tuned brakes.