Originally Posted by
Andy_K
I don't often hear "cantilevers" and "be done with it" used together like that.
The thing I like about Travel Agents is that the setup is simple and provides good braking. With cantilevers, even if the brakes are working well, I always feel like I could make them better with just a bit more tweaking. Plus, in my experience, it takes a lot of time to get a cantilever adjusted to brake as well as V-brakes with Travel Agents.
Then there's the fork shudder issue....
I understand what you're saying, I may have overstated the simplicity of cantilevers since I am well practiced at configuring center pull brakes. It's easy to take things for granted, I guess. My brakes are brand-new Tektro Oryx canti's "Quartz Series" (although I'm not using their pads or cross cable) and I found them to be far superior to the original cantilever's I swapped out originally. They have a nice tension and movement to them and it took me very little time to get them set up, compared to older canti's it's not nearly as finiky - again, IMHO.