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Old 04-08-22 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Rolla
No one has said this.
I did say just that. Braking with any brake…hydraulic disc, mechanical disc, side pull rim, cantilever rim, or linear brake rim…is more about how to use them than what to use. I’ve mountain biked, road biked at 50+ mph off mountain roads, ridden loaded touring bikes at 50 mph down mountains in the rain, tandemed, etc. with all of them and never felt that the brakes were insufficient. The touring bike scenario was done with cantilevers.

I have used both of the brakes in question (as well as the Klampers). They are all good brakes but one isn’t far superior in stopping power to the others.
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