Originally Posted by
ravenmore
The Cane Creeks are frequently single action lever mech and a lot of people don't like 'em.
I hated my Sram brakes. There was either no braking or total lock up - nothing in between. I like modulation. I ride Zero G's right now - a lot of people don't like 'em because it is harder to lock the brakes up, but trust me, I can still grab a fistfull of brake and go over the handlebars.
For a budget option the higher end Tektros work great - esp. if you change out the stock pads.
I don't know if your brakes were adjusted properly or it is something to do with the rim but I find the Rival brakes work very similarly to my Ultegra on the other bike. Also I really haven't heard much about problems with the brakes from other people other than there was a recall on the Force mounting screws early on.