Brakes for a Geekhouse Mudville: suggestions?

[Climb01742]

I'm about to starting building up a Geekhouse Mudville I bought here on the forum. I have no experience with brakes beyond standard road brakes. I'll use the Mudville as my winter/bad weather training bike. 90% of the time I'll use it on the road for training and commuting, with maybe 10% off road. It will also be my chance to try fatter tires.

What are the pro's and cons of the different cantilever/cross style brakes? Do you have any favorites? Many thanks in advance.

[Cicli]

I prefer linear pulls to cantis. Inreally like the power and the feel of LP's. They have the added benefit of totally reducing or eliminating brake chatter on the front.

[Dave B]

Cantis are terrible if you actually want to break...they do slow you down a bit, but the best I have ever used were pauls.

Any desire to try mini-v's? They are fantastic and work very well. No chatter on the fork, actually stop you and I actually think they look great.

just my opinion.

[Climb01742]

Cantis are terrible if you actually want to break...they do slow you down a bit, but the best I have ever used were pauls.

Any desire to try mini-v's? They are fantastic and work very well. No chatter on the fork, actually stop you and I actually think they look great.

just my opinion.

I'm totally open to any kind of brakes that work well. Happy to try whatever kind of brakes folks think work best. Any suggestions for mini-v's?

[Lewis Moon]

Really, a nicely tuned set of modern cantis stop just fine. Linear pull (V) brakes are mushy, vague and grabby...and those are the good ones.
I ride the mountains all the time with cantis and I have never wanted more brake.

[Cicli]

I'm totally open to any kind of brakes that work well. Happy to try whatever kind of brakes folks think work best. Any suggestions for mini-v's?

I like TRP 8.4's with Kool Stop pads.

[AJosiahK]

Trp or more so Paul mini moto.

I have a team Mudville and run those Paul
Brakes on it. They feel awesome, a little grabby at first but once your used to them one finger is all you need.

Cheers and have fun

[choke]

Really, a nicely tuned set of modern cantis stop just fine. Linear pull (V) brakes are mushy, vague and grabby...and those are the good ones.
I ride the mountains all the time with cantis and I have never wanted more brake.+1 You couldn't give me a pair of V brakes.

[weisan]

Congratulations Climb-pal!

I don't have anything to contribute regarding the brakes but I know you gonna love the fat tires and the versatility of a go-anywhere bike. Enjoy!

http://waterfordbikes.com/w/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/BrakeTypes2011.jpg
http://www.bike-advisor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/choosing_a_city_bike_3.jpg

[scrubadub]

I had a set of CX9 on one bike and Paul's cantis on another. The Paul's have much better modulation and are way better than many other cantis I've used. The CX9 was mushy but had lots of power and are easier to setup.

[bcroslin]

TRP RevoX are the best canti's available IMO. Way better than the EuroX brakes and arguably better than the Paul minimotos. I'm about to build a CX bike and I'll be running RevoX's for sure.

[Lewis Moon]

Winner day 1 Ellison Park:
http://www.cxhairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/elliston-2-1-of-1-1024x683.jpg

[fogrider]

Congratulations Climb-pal!

I don't have anything to contribute regarding the brakes but I know you gonna love the fat tires and the versatility of a go-anywhere bike. Enjoy!

http://waterfordbikes.com/w/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/BrakeTypes2011.jpg
http://www.bike-advisor.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/choosing_a_city_bike_3.jpg

you left off my favorite brake! http://paulcomp.com/shop/components/minimoto/ http://paulcomp.com/shop/components/minimoto/
the mini motos are great!
the problem with canti's is that the lighter forks are not stiff enough and front end shutters under hard braking...and canti's need lots of adjustment, not what you want on a commuter bike.

[weisan]

Oops...sorry fog pal, that's not acceptable...esp. consider the fact that's what I have on the Merlin crossbike. :D

http://paulcomp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/minimoto_gallery_1.jpg

Edit: Sorry, I was wrong...what I got is actually the Canti version, but you are right, they are great brakes.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1697893505&stc=1&d=1421167353

[oldpotatoe]

I'm about to starting building up a Geekhouse Mudville I bought here on the forum. I have no experience with brakes beyond standard road brakes. I'll use the Mudville as my winter/bad weather training bike. 90% of the time I'll use it on the road for training and commuting, with maybe 10% off road. It will also be my chance to try fatter tires.

What are the pro's and cons of the different cantilever/cross style brakes? Do you have any favorites? Many thanks in advance.

Paul Mini Motos, followed by TRP..some don't like the 'feel' of mini vs but if set up right, they stop far better than cantis and feel nice(Make sure spring is tight!!, for hogheest effort). BUT if ya gotta do cantis..Campagnolo(made by TRP), shimano-both make nice cantis.

[guido]

I just put my first set of Paul MiniMoto brakes on my new cross frame project and I have to say i have never been so happy with a set of brakes. Power, modulation, ease of setup. These things have it all... Very nice indeed.