I'm not the Jim you asked, but I'll chime in anyway. I've used both mechanical and hydraulic. I thought the mechanical were quite easy to set up (so I don't have any secrets, I just followed the instructions), and I thought they stopped as well as a good v-brake. But when it comes to stopping power, hydraulics have way more than any v- or canti. There are really steep fire roads and trails around Mt. Diablo where I ride, and there are plenty of steep pitches where Paul cantis only slow me down, but my 200mm front hydraulic can bring me to a short, well modulated stop. I weigh 220, and that makes a difference in stopping requirements, but the hydraulics add a level of confidence that no mechanical brake can. Of course, some times it's fun to test my limits, which is why I ride both kinds of brakes.
I hope the new Riv can take discs too. jim m wc ca On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:35 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim -- curious if, when saying you like hydraulics, whether that means you > don't particularly like mechanicals; and if so, why not. I've used older > Avid BB7 mechanicals, both road and mountain versions. The road version was > useless even with absolutely unflexing housing (this was special stuff that > was wound like indexing shifter cable housing -- meant for brakes) and 180 > mm discs. The mountain version seems to work well enough: easy to set up, > powerful is the housing is not flexy (I find that the front is fine, not as > good as Vs but perfectly adequate; the rear, with five feet of bulk > housing, not so good); modulation is adequate but not great; and that disks > bend easily and annoyingly. Tektro V brake levers. > -- 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-bunch@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.
