Originally Posted by
Ironfish653
Should have said "before everything went V-brakes" You've always got those transitional periods where both techs are existing side by side.
I don't recall anyone being in a big rush to convert their canti bikes to Vs, unless you were one of those guys who couldn't get the hang of setting up cantis correctly
I held out because I had badass cantis; DiaCompe 987s with Straddle Rods on one bike and Control Tech "Jimi's" on the other
I think it's been down hill since the ubrake.
Linear pull brakes are so damn simple to set up, and even the lower quality ones are effective enough.
Disks are bone simple, but inelegant (butf'ingugly) so I don't want to look at them.
Drum brakes are great, but progress has taken the artistic beauty away.
Yah, whiner.