The V brakes and linear pull levers on my folder have some of the lightest action of any brakes I run... you can lock things up with a pinky finger and for long descents this is great as your hands do not get fatigued.

The Campy Victory levers have a slightly harder pull but deliver equally stunning braking with the Zeus centre pull brakes... and you can brake nicely from the hoods with these conventional non aero levers too. Interesting enough was that the Victory levers worked poorly with their matching side pull brakes while the Record levers I first tried with the Zeus brakes were not as good as the Victory series, but work fabulously with the Victory calipers.

Little changes in actuation can make a huge difference in how parts perform.

I have also set up Mafac levers and centre pulls so that you get a very light action and can brake with authority from the hoods... nice thing about the Mafac centre pull is that you can adjust the straddle and tune them quite precisely.