Comments on: Mountain Bike Brakes Explained: Braking the Confusion http://mtobikes.com/mountain-bike-brakes-explained-braking-the-confusion/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Brady http://mtobikes.com/mountain-bike-brakes-explained-braking-the-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Matt Brady Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:43:33 +0000 http://mtobikes.com/?p=261#comment-482 Yes but they are old news, at least in the MTB world. They are great for light-duty XC Cruisers and Cyclo-Cross use them as the brake of choice, but not much beyond that. My last frame was a NOS Dirt Research frame with Canti mounts. I did some funky routing so I could put linears on it. Cantis just don't offer alot of stopping power for descents and technical control. But hey who am I to say what anyone should do. If they work use them. I just didn't want to include them since they are, for arguements sake, obsolete for MTBs. Yes but they are old news, at least in the MTB world. They are great for light-duty XC Cruisers and Cyclo-Cross use them as the brake of choice, but not much beyond that. My last frame was a NOS Dirt Research frame with Canti mounts. I did some funky routing so I could put linears on it. Cantis just don’t offer alot of stopping power for descents and technical control. But hey who am I to say what anyone should do. If they work use them. I just didn’t want to include them since they are, for arguements sake, obsolete for MTBs.

]]> By: fixedgear http://mtobikes.com/mountain-bike-brakes-explained-braking-the-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-477 fixedgear Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:25:17 +0000 http://mtobikes.com/?p=261#comment-477 Do they still make canti brakes? ;-) fixedgears last blog post..<a href="http://fixedgearcycling.blogspot.com/2008/09/random-bike-poster-of-day_15.html" rel="nofollow">Random bike poster of the day</a> Do they still make canti brakes? ;-)

fixedgears last blog post..Random bike poster of the day

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