marzjennings
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- Houston, Texas, USA
Spot on list.
And if I was somehow weight the list above, 1,2 and 3 "yes please everytime", 4 "if I have to" and 5-13 "please never again".
Which type of brake do you favour?
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Spot on list.
And if I was somehow weight the list above, 1,2 and 3 "yes please everytime", 4 "if I have to" and 5-13 "please never again".
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ross on Wye
Cantis for me. I've never really had much trouble setting them up and they work fine. If I ever wear them out I might replace them with V brakes, although the drop bars make that a bit trickier than usual.
Holdsworth
Guru
- Location
- Crewe, Cheshire
I just can't get on with the cantis on my tourer, they are so fiddly to set up correctly and the braking power is terrible. I feel they would be no use in an emergency stop situation. The single pivot callipers on my roadie are miles better, I can actually stop within 2 or 3 bike lengths rather than 20 yards + for the tourer.
The thing is that I cannot think of another type of brake that will fit my frame, tyres (32c) and work with the drop STI levers.
The thing is that I cannot think of another type of brake that will fit my frame, tyres (32c) and work with the drop STI levers.
I've had all sorts of brakes over the years, and I think when you weigh up the pros and cons of them all you really can't beat a well set up set of vee brakes (especially the parallel push type). Not quite on par with hydraulic discs, but close when it comes to stopping power, easy as pie to set up correctly and very light weight (hydraulic discs weigh more than the moon itself)
Worst for me have to be either maguras, which whilst powerful need constant attention and are a bugger to set up.
Worst for me have to be either maguras, which whilst powerful need constant attention and are a bugger to set up.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I haven't used a full range of brakes but of what I have used I prefer both v's and dual pivots to old fashioned cantis. I've never tried discs though from all reports they are far superior in braking but I wonder if they'd be too superior for me 
PoweredByVeg
Über Member
- Location
- Lingwood/Norwich
Lunch Brake!! 
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
wouldn't fancy hydraulic discs on a road bike; I fear it would be overbraked and would chuck me down the road the first time I grabbed a big handful in a crisis. But they are the only sensible game in town off-road on mtb's.
The cable operated discs on my tourer are my benchmark for road riding (and work plenty well enough off road)
V's then dual pivots though both are heart-stopping rather than bike stopping in the wet.
The cable operated discs on my tourer are my benchmark for road riding (and work plenty well enough off road)
V's then dual pivots though both are heart-stopping rather than bike stopping in the wet.
wiggydiggy
Guru
Nearest ped works for me 
Black Sheep
Guru
- Location
- Rammy
Being someone who's upgraded any bike he's had from canti's to V's due to finding the performance of canti's poor and having had a few slip off the rim towards the spokes (something V's can't do unless set up by someone in asda) I feel the op's confidence is miss-placed.
my mountain bike is set up with hydraulic disc brakes (deore) and I find they perform much better in adverse conditions than rim brakes and fairly maintenance free.
although, just to throw a spanner in the works, my road bike has centre pull wicheman brakes
my mountain bike is set up with hydraulic disc brakes (deore) and I find they perform much better in adverse conditions than rim brakes and fairly maintenance free.
although, just to throw a spanner in the works, my road bike has centre pull wicheman brakes
Wankelschrauben
Guest
Dual pivot callipers are my favourite.
They are easy to install and maintain even at roadside. They are very effective and have the most adjustable stopping performance IMO when in use. I have soft compound pads on the front that allowed me to emergency stop at 28mph with the rear wheel spinning in the air as quickly as the 4*4 who cut me up this morning.
I despise V brakes and Canti-lever brakes. All those poxy little adjustments needed to fix and maintain, I find they struggle to stop an untrue rim and wear out un-evenly unless maintained constantly.
They are easy to install and maintain even at roadside. They are very effective and have the most adjustable stopping performance IMO when in use. I have soft compound pads on the front that allowed me to emergency stop at 28mph with the rear wheel spinning in the air as quickly as the 4*4 who cut me up this morning.
I despise V brakes and Canti-lever brakes. All those poxy little adjustments needed to fix and maintain, I find they struggle to stop an untrue rim and wear out un-evenly unless maintained constantly.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
sounds like they need toeing in.
Me, I'm still using the cantis which came with the bike... they work.
twobiker
New Member
- Location
- South Hams Devon
V brakes seem okay, until a reverse tractor beam becomes available.
