Linear pulls are certainly powerful and easy to set up, at least, as long as they are not the cheap ones, which are horrible to set up since the cheap springs mean that they never stay put; I've seen at least on pair, on a WalMart "bike", that literally could not be adjusted properly -- the springs could not hold enough tension -- they were plastic, not elastic. But IME they don't modulate as well as the best cantilevers or side or center pulls, also properly set up. The best brakes in the world, bar none -- and I've used all -- were the IRD cantis on the Sam HIll, set up by Riv. Powerful, felt just right, and modulated better than anything else I've used. OTOH, I prefer disks for off road use, as much to spare my rims as for any other reason -- an issue if you use expensive, boutique rims as I do.
The worst brakes, OTOH, were also cantis, and I don't know why they were so bad: Mafac cantis, both the single and the tandem (longer arms) version. Useless with salmon pads, modern levers, good hangars, and after both I and a shop played around with straddles and pad adjustment. Well, the front road BB7 was just as bad. On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:34 PM, RJM <[email protected]> wrote: > I honestly think linear pulls or cantilever are the best brakes out > there....... > > -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
