You are reading a single comment by @Tomo187 and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Tomo187
I picked up a 1990 edition of Richard's bicycle book in a charity shop the other day, and was surprised to see that he recommended U-brakes and Cantis for anything other than road racing. I'd not realised that V-brakes didn't really take off until the mid-nineties.