The topic of v-brakes vs. cantis has been rehashed again and again- it's well-trodden territory here and elsewhere on the net and of most folks are probably not going to change their once they've settled on one or the other. But, among cantimount brakes, the CR720s are among the best I've ever tried, easy to set up and quite capable of sending you over the bars if that's what you're after. They're relatively inexpensive too.
Matt On Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:40:41 AM UTC-4, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > The CR720 is now standard issue on Cross-Checks and LHTs, which are the > two models we sell most at my shop. I've come to dislike cantilevers in > general, but I don't understand the appeal of this model in particular. I > doubt I'm making any setup mistakes, as I've been setting them up and > riding them for years, and I dislike them equally on bikes set up by > others. I find them fiddly and underpowered. Here's why, maybe. > > I guess one person's grabby, unmodulated brake is another's significant > technological improvement in braking. When I switched over from Paul cantis > to my current cheapish Tektro v-brakes on my touring bike, on the first > ride, I had to make a semi-emergency stop when a car pulled out in front of > me too close for comfort. I pulled the brakes with all my ingrained > cantilever king-fu grip, and was startled by how fast I stopped. So I can > see how a person who's accustomed to cantis and, perhaps, read enough Jan > Heine and other conventional wisdom that says v-brakes aren't adequately > modulated, would come to the conclusion that v-brakes aren't adequately > modulated based on such an experience. But if you stick it out with > v-brakes and make a few good stops, your hand recalibrates, and modulation > is just fine, ultimate "oh sh!+!" stopping power is greatly improved, and > cantis start to feel like something from the rod-brake era. Plus v-brakes > are cheap and easy to set up - the number of forum posts here pertaining to > v-brake setup issues here is nil, while canti setup discussions are a near > weekly occurrence. > > IME, some men and all but the burliest women are unsatisfied with the > braking power of a new, say, Surly LHT with stock cantilever brakes. Now > that Tektro makes long pull aero levers, and v-brakes are excellent > even/especially at the cheap level, it's a $60 upcharge to go to v-brakes > on these bikes. We do the swap more often than not...which means that I > have a bunch of cr720 brakes to sell at swap meets someday! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/tjVJ4a5SLl0J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
