Originally Posted by JTGraphics
I made the upgrade from cantilever to V type Linear pull brakes .
Originally Posted by JTGraphics
By the way upgrading the brakes made a huge difference in my stopping power it would be a highly recommended upgrade.
You can see my upgrade in some of the photos on my Tandem Project page link if you like.
Why do so many people think V Brakes are an improvement. I have canti's on my bikes and they stop so hard I can easily do an endo on any one of them. Cantilivers just aren't that hard to set up.
I liken a "V-Brake" upgrade to a threadless headset. The theory is that they are a big improvement over the version they replaced. In practice there isn't any difference. V-Brakes and threadless headsets are solutions to a problem that didn't exist. Hope this doesn't start a war.
Tim