Originally Posted by
fuzz2050
Cantilevers are just about the best braking system out there in my opinion, although I haven't tried disks much...
...Go with cantilevers, read the sheldon brown page, don't spend the hundreds on pauls, it's not that they aren't good, they're just really expensive.
Discs are nice, but man alive do they ever squeal! I'm sure there's a trick to getting them a little quieter than what I've heard around here; but I haven't seen anyone up here who can keep them quiet, especially when it's wet out.
Pauls are expensive (moreso than they ought to be, IMO) but they're worth the money. The machining on the pivots is phenominal, and the square-wire springs are considerably more durable than a traditional round-wire spring. Plus, they just look great.
I'm happy with my Tektro CR720s, but you can bet that I'd replace them with a pair of Pauls if I had the money laying around.