Originally Posted by
Tamiya
In the very early days of V-brakes (early 1990s?)... didn't they also use the same/old brake levers as calipers? They were shorter travel with stronger pull, so early V-brakes did feel very on/off all or nothing.
The overwhelming majority of levers fall nicely in either V-brake or Canti/caliper pull.
But I have come across a pair of Coda(?) levers that did pretty much split the difference.
I’ve run V-brakes with canti levers on occasion. Modulation etc never bothered me. The difference in braking from that is far less than the difference from dry to wet rims, which most riders tend to be able to deal with just fine.