Hi all,

I'm in the process of having a cross frame built for me. I am going to run rim brakes, but I haven't decided which way to go. I am considering four potential options:

1) run V-brakes with road levers and some kind travel multiplier, like the travel agent.
2) run V-brakes with the diacompe V specific road levers
3) run shortie cantilevers, like avids with road levers
4) run tektro shortie V brakes with road levers.

I'm leaning towards option 3 for simplicity, and adjustability, but since I haven't tried any of these out, I would like to hear some opinions. Seems to me like most cross guys are running canti's...are they just traditionalists, or is there a reason for that?

Thanks,

Jeremy