1. Cantilevers too work better with tires no more than about 60 +/- mm wide; getting a 3" knobby between the canti bosses (unused; the Monocog 29er has disc brakes and is set up for both) is a hassle, even when they are soft at 13-15 psi.
2. While I can get decent (my definition may not be yours) braking from good cantilevers, at least I personally have found it much harder to get "powerful" -- = strong retardation with moderate hand pressure -- braking with cantis than with V brakes. I do like other things -- adjustability, modulation, looks -- better about cantis than Vs. I recall the miserable power from Mafac cantis, both single-bike shorter-arm version and longer-arm tandem version, on my Herse, pulled by Mafac levers. I daresay I could have shortened the straddle cables, but sold the bike before I got around to doing so (sold, not because of the brakes). Laing: How do you get strong cantilever braking, particularly with drop bar levers? I guess that one preliminary factor is to match the pull of your lever to the needs of the cantilever; my Dura Ace 7410-era drop levers probably don't have as much MA as my Paul Neo Retros and Touring cantis need for best operation, but I love the shape of those levers. I'd be interested in others' *apercus *about this. On Tuesday, 28 February 2023 at 05:29:32 UTC-8 lconley wrote: > Big tires, big fenders with clearance to the tires and V-brakes tend not to play well together. I have V-brakes on several of my bikes and I don't really > see any real advantage to them over cantilevers, unless you consider ugly an advantage. The cantilevers work just as well and have all the fender > clearance that you could want. I am waiting for Rene Herse to get their cable hangers back in stock to get one for the Bombadil. Laing -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgskNThedT-6i6d0g9YWRM%2B%2Bcd2kaOELtdYwuJ-%2BoSiGeQ%40mail.gmail.com.
