Originally Posted by
neil
Cantis are perfectly safe and reliable in normal riding conditions, including rain and snow.
The reduced braking power is drastically overstated by the disc brake crowd.
On the first point, sure, if you are riding at slow speeds on flat roads in "normal" conditions (not ice and snow), the cantis are essentially as good as a good disc setup.
To the second point, this has not been my experience, having used cantis, V brakes and discs, single pivot and dual pivot road brakes, all on high-end perfromance machines in their respective ilks, with upgraded pads, etc. When the conditions turn nasty there is no comparison. I've used them all, and discs are head and shoulders above rim brakes in these conditions.