I won't go there on the merits of canti's vrs calipers. I bought my Sam H to use mostly for mixed terrain rides including singletrack and am running 70x40 Smart Sams which are smallish knobbys so the canti's are my preference. And that Orange... it's beautiful.
If this was going to be my only bike... a caliper braked roadish tire Sam would be great. If that is what really does happen. Perhaps each batch could rotate between the two different brakes? Mikey So Cal On Feb 9, 7:17 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If what I read at hiawatha cyclery's blog is right then it sounds like > > the new sams will be long-reach calipers, not cantis/v-brakes that it > > has been and orange. > > > -sv > > I read that to and think it's a good idea. I know some folks are going > to grumble but the Silver brakes work great and are so simple to set- > up. The Silvers seem more appropriate given the SH seems more of a > country bike than a touring or adventure bike. The Hunka seems great, > like a Rivish Fargo although really the Fargo is more Rivsh than > Salsish if you know what I mean. The Hunka would very nicely round out > my Riv stable which has gotta bit out of hand lately with the > acquisition of a QB. Perhaps I'll let go the Rambouillet and pick-up a > Hunka at some point. > > --mike (who is wondering if this thread will now digress into yet > another discussion on the merits and pitfalls of cantis and caliper > brakes) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
