Earliest V-brakes/'best' cantis?

To answer the best canti. question it's gotta be Machine Tech every time...

My favorite v-brakes were Precision Billet. Flawless! Unfortunately, they were always hard to find and only rarely show up on ebay.

what compared to pauls cantis or onza hos you are having a laugh mate ! i wouldnt say no to a set though!

Avid Tri Aligns.....

[quote="retrobikeguy"]Apparently Mrazek took the design on, and they might be easier to find as they still make bikes

all I can find -

[url]http://forums.mtbr.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=270664&stc=1&d=1181450566[/url]

[url]http://www.tenerife-training.net/Mrazek-Bicycles/Mrazek-Bikes.html[/url]


[img]http://www.tenerife-training.net/Images/Mrazek_FX_large.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.tenerife-training.net/Images/Mrazek_concept4_large.jpg[/img]

<Edit> [url]http://www.mrazek.com/[/url][/quote]

I've got both Mrazek and Marinovative, and I can say they're way better than xtr's as far as stopping power is concerned. A bit brisk, if you are not used to them, tho.
Here they are, mounted on my hardtail http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... c&start=30

this also is an early example of v-brakes.
they work and look like v-brakes but the
term was not invented yet...
so controltech just called them:
controltech side pull cantilevers for long throw brakelevers

Another vote for the Pauls here, easy to set up (even for me!) and pretty well made, I tend to prefer the MC verson without the drilling and once the Dia-Compe pads are swapped for Kool Stops or Aztecs they stop well too

Stu

Not quite canti but they are top notch rim brake - Maguras plus don't have the problems of cables/spring setting up