I prefer cantilever brakes for gravel (and CX) bikes

[FlashUNC]

Totally, why would anyone ever want to look for a different brake when cantis worked so excellently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZkKE9Z35g

[sandyrs]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Take a trip to cyclingnews forum, bike section, a gent there is the high priestess of all things disc brake..and you are damned if you disagree.

That's the crazy thing, those places are much more representative of cycling 'at large' than this forum and discs are the only way to go as far as those people are concerned. Any bikerumor article about basically any kind of bike (including track ) has a comment about how it should have disc brakes.

I ride a mix of rim and disc bikes. I am trying to sell my last canti bike because I don't like the way they perform for me on that bike (mostly because they feel so different from hydro discs and I don't like swapping between CX bikes that feel so different), but hell if I'm going to tell anyone they shouldn't be allowed to ride whatever they want.

[Tony]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Totally, why would anyone ever want to look for a different brake when cantis worked so excellently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZkKE9Z35g

[Corso]

Originally Posted by kppolich

I too prefer canti's

Reason: all my bikes are rim brakes and it gives me the option to swap wheels.

I’m 100% in this club.

Applies to my collection of 26” mountain bikes too.