Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Francis is a long ways from the Seattle randoneeuring crowd , so I understand how he comes to think just of BMX U Brakes .
Yes, and no. The size of the country doesn't change the fact that braze-on centerpulls are a sub class of canti brakes. I didn't say only BMXers used them, I said they called them U-brakes, though I don't know what trendy folks in Seattle call them these days.