cantilevers, mini-v, anything else?

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i have an old kienisis crosslight that i use for single track riding, disused railway lines etc.

it has cantilever brake bosses, i had some wide (dia compe) brakes which where never great, and leathal in the wet.
I have switched to shimano mini v brakes - much better braking but no mud clearance for winter, and they are bit ugly IMHO.

am i missing any other options?

the ideal (though i cannot imagine what it would look like) would be a brake which increases mechanical advantage as they travel - so low MA meaning they travel a long way (and thus normally sit a long way from the rims) and then increasing MA as the pads touch the rim.

narrow cantis have reducing MA as the brakes are applied - which is the opposite of what you want. wide cantis have fairly constant (but low) MA.

or i cold throw the whole lot away and buy a modern bike with discs…

thoughts?

-Steve

 

[Twozaskars]

Are the V brakes actually creating that much of a clearance issue? I imagine the frame behind them is narrower than the brake.

 

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the problem is sticky mud in the winter filling the tiny gap between the brake blocks and the rim (when using mini-v brakes).

the low MA of cantilevers means the blocks move back much further from the rim when the brakes are off, so there is much less chance of clogging.

-Steve

 

[Tsundere]

Pedersons?

 

[Imlach]

why not just use normal v brakes? I can clear 65mm fenders on my Kona with a cheapo pair of Tektro's

 

[Frankenorange]

 

[Imlach]

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