Originally Posted by MassiveD

My advice for brakes, at least something you can check out, is to model carefully the set-up on the factory version of your bike, or at least something very similar. There can be combinations that do not work well depending on the fork geometry. In this case the geometry as seen from the front, rather than the side (stearing geometry is the side view for the most part). Touring bikes, drop bar tourers, come with fork geometry that runs the gamut from road racing with fender rack, mounts to hefty MTB type forks. What works in that context varies.

I run conventional levers, and cantis. But Vs are just as good with some peculiarities of their own. You need either the tektro rl 50 or Dia Compe 287v.

http://www.rivbike.com/products/show...-levers/15-146

The main problems with Vs are that you need true wheels, and you need to use kludgy levers, or kludgier travel agents. There isn't better brealing power for the most part, once the levers are accounted for. But the mechanics are more familiar to many.