Rim brakes for Tandem?
I need help to identify a few good options for tandem brakes for canti posts that will work well with drop-bar road levers - I like Ergopower, but I can go a different way. I'm looking for suggestions (gonna duck now!)
On my steel Meridian frame, which I'm now building for the first time, I have cantilever posts. I see three options for what calipers to use.
1. Paul vintage-style cantis with Campagnolo or TRP drop-bar brake levers. I have these on my 650b with the silver drillium TRPs, and they work well, but are sensitive.
2. Used Shimano low-profile cantilever calipers - these seem to be kind of a Tiagra grade?
3. a V brake or mini-V brake.
I'm planning for this tandem to use Gen 2 Campy Ergopower levers, but I realize the pull ratios on some of these might not be well-suited to a heavy tandem with heavy riders. I put a set of Paul Mini-V (Mini-moto?) brakes on my wife's Terry, and they are quite powerful but also very sensitive. They also need a better optimized lever than a Campy Gen 3 Ergopower.
A really good combination doesn't just jump out at me.