If you HAD to choose new V brakes for a Retrobike?

[FluffyChicken]

The DXR are a nice style, similar to th T780 but probably the M770 before that, and nicer rension adjusters than the T4000

 

[Paddyosonic]

Paul Motolites, if you can justify the expense for this particular bike. I first tried them in 1998 when V-brakes were still a new thing. (to me, at least) Easy to set up, modulate more finely than other V-brakes and you can use them with multiple wheel sizes on the same bike. This is how I saw others using them that year. There was a bike messenger race that year (and again in '99) that was taking place on a figure-8 velodrome. Riders who didn't have track bikes were using their 26" MTB rides and fitting 650b wheelsets with skinny tires onto them. (it helps maintain the same wheel diameter that the bike was designed for) The Motolites were everywhere at that event. They're the best V-brakes I've ever used. They look trick as well.