Originally Posted by
Lazyass
Doesn't look like they have much more clearance to me. For a two post setup I'd rather have regular v brakes. More clearance and a simpler design. Weight seems to be around the same. Not sure how these direct pull brakes are better than V's.
Conventional v-brakes are difficult to make road levers for. I suppose mini-v brakes are a solution to that, but the other problem with v-brakes is that they just don't modulate as well as calipers.