Vs are very nice but I found the IRC wide profile cantis that Riv installed on my former Sam Hill to be just as powerful with no more lever pressure required, and they modulated noticeably better -- not that the modulation issue is a huge issue for me; just that the IRCs may well have been the nicest feeling hand brakes I've used. Since I've never been able to set up cantis and drop levers and get them to work right, I can't say what makes the difference; given that the old, wide-profile XTs on the Trike also worked very nicely (not as nicely as the IRCs, though), perhaps it is simply a wide profile thing. Oh, nope: the Mafac cantis on the Herse -- both the shorter armed regulars and the wider armed tandems, were useless dogs, even with modern aero lever, decent housing stop hardware and housing and salmon pads. Beats me.
Just brought the Novara Fusion home; Tektro mechanical disks. *Very* nice -- better than the BB7s on the Fargo -- tho' the Tektros of course are pulled with tourist bar levers, not drop levers. Still, smoother, grippier, easier to modulate. Wonder what the difference is if it's not the levers? On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:28 PM, dougP <[email protected]> wrote: > I really like V-brakes on my Atlantis, with over 800 touring miles > this summer, after using Tektro 720 cantis for a few years. The > ultimate stopping power is comparable BUT the Vs requiring far less > force at the lever. On long downhills, the cantis leave my forearms > numb, especially with a load. The only fussy bit about the Vs is the > pad/rim clearance but it's no big deal. > > Based on the title, I almost skipped this thread. Thankfully we'll > always have brakes to discuss...and 2TT...and luggage...and racks... > > dougP > > On Aug 25, 12:11 am, Tom Harrop <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm with you Brewster, I just switched from cantis to Vs and I'm never >> going back! All with the stock Shimano pads that came with the V-brakes, >> too. My problems were most likely caused by my inability to set the cantis >> up properly, but the squeal and shudder is gone and I have 100× better >> stopping power. NB this is on a 68 cm Bombadil so the enormous head tube >> could also have been part of the problem. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > 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. > -- "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." -- Claude Cockburn ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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.
