Originally Posted by
|3iker
I don't like the canti brake feel and performance. Is it possible to do a direct swap from Canti brakes to V-brakes?
Will it work with STI brifters?
As BC mentioned, there's no inherent advantages to V-brakes over cantis. What you are feeling may be mis-adjusted brakes. Make sure the cable isn't so tight that the pads make contact with the rims as soon as you squeeze the lever. Many shops and a lot of riders set up their brakes this way and get poor results. Your hands actually develop more force the more closed they are, so you actually want to set up the brakes so that the pads touch after about 50-60% of lever travel. This gives you more leverage with your hands and an easier time developing the necessary clamping force for fast stop.
Most likely your cantis can develop more than enough friction on the rims to send you over the bars. V-brakes can do that as well so there's no shortage of clamping-pressure or braking-force with either.