I suppose ease of brake setup will vary from person to person. I find setting up canti's a pain in the butt mostly because of the pad angle business. Finding the right toe-in for strong braking, no squealing or shuddering, is a bit of a dark magic for me. I usually do the old 'business card between the pad and rim' trick, which works most of the time, but is clumsy and awkward.
Regardless though, ease of setup should be a minor consideration when choosing the style of brake to run IMO. I'm happy to deal with some irritating setup now and then if it means my braking will be reliable, powerful, smooth, etc. Afterall, how often do you need to adjust your brakes anyway? I say that as a prairie-living cyclist with no hills, so my brakes may go much longer between adjustment than others... On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > "Couldn't be easier" is, in my experience over 4 bikes with various cable > disk systems, not quite accurate. It's certainly not rocket science, and *once > you find the right method* it is straightforward, but it took me a long > while to find that method. > > Sidepulls are easiest. V brakes, at least decent ones, are easy to setup, > as are, slightly less so, wide profile cantis. Low profile cantis are a > pain in the ass, IME. Centerpulls are much like wide profile cantis. > Gauging all this from my own experience > > BB7s are about as easy as brakes requiring cable yokes, IME, and easier > than low profiles, at least with drop bar levers. > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Mark Reimer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Servicing discs could not be easier. Hydraulic's are a bit more finicky, >> but they're no more difficult to dial in than my Paul canti's are. Changing >> the pads takes 60 seconds. Actually the more I think about it, the more I >> think discs are much easier to setup and service than rim brakes. You just >> have to do it once to catch on. >> >> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:56 AM, 'Stephen Kemp' via RBW Owners Bunch < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am a satisfied rim braker. I've never seriously considered riding >>> discs but I can see the attraction in avoiding compromised braking in the >>> wet and annoying mud on rim grinding noises when off road. >>> >>> One big factor that Grant has missed is the wear effect of rim brakes. >>> Sooner or later the rim will need replacing. That means a wheel rebuild >>> which may well lead to getting a new hub at the same time. That's a whole >>> new wheel just because your brakes are worn - quite a waste if you have >>> decent, handbuilt wheels that otherwise would have lasted a long time. On a >>> disc system, you just replace the disc. >>> >>> The related thing is that wear on the rim is hard to detect. You either >>> play it safe or you take it to the limit - which you only reach when your >>> rim is so compromised it blows. Discs are far more transparent. As Mark >>> says above, on this basis Grant's preference for rim brakes goes against >>> the usual argument for steel over carbon. >>> >>> On the issue of servicing, I've never worked on disc brakes but surely >>> if you avoid hydraulics and stick with cable operated then servicing/repair >>> is easy. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/lJn4CJ1Y9zU/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/lJn4CJ1Y9zU/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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