Which canti brakes?

Setting up a SSCX bike

What's the forum recommended canti brakes?

I'd like to use regular road levers.
Shimano cx70 seem to fit the bill but I can only find the cx50 for sale at the mo. Not sure if they have been discontinued or just low stock.

Also interested in this.

(You could potentially also go v brakes - tektro minis, or trp cx8.4 or trp cx9)

Trying to work out best approach for myself at the minute

Minis worked amazing with my old road levers, but not so great with my new ones

tektro cr720 with swissstop pads

Pretty much always used tektro cr720. Would like to try some Paul's neo retro but can't justify the spend.

cr720

The Shimanos are much easier to setup.

I like Frogglegs, not least because you can customise (read bend) toe in with a large adjustable spanner and you can easily buy various skates (handy for when you get overexcited with the toeing in)

Another tidy option is Avid Shorty Ultimate

Cx-70 and cx-50 are pretty much identical to setup.
Cx-70 come up on eBay pretty infrequently, if buying 2nd hand check that they come with a full set of spacers and associated screws. Those parts are now expensive as spare parts.

Apart from the colour, cx-70 have the advantage of using cartridge brakes so any road r55 pad will fit.
The chart in the setup table for the cx-50 / cx-70 is identical, note that for wider wheels you may have to extrapolate to figure out which is the optimal set of spacers.

https://si.shimano.com/pdfs/dm/DM-RCBR001-00-ENG.pdf

Looks like a good option.

Not many brake pad options advertised as specific to canti.
Lots for V brake
These look like they will fit?
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brake-blocks/koolstop-mountain-v-brake-blocks-dual-compound/

V-brakes are the best cantis.

The Avid Shorty Ultimates are the best canti brakes by far. More expensive than most, and setting them up requires patience, but they provide far better modulation and sheer stopping power than anything else.

Another vote for the Avid Shorty Ultimates, but fuck me sideways are they a pain in the arse to get dialled in.

Those and CX70 are the only ones I havent tried; top end TRP are a bit meh.

Shorty ultimates are adjusted same way as Paul too, with a pedal spanner.

And witchcraft.

this

Recommending specific brake lever/canti combinations rather than making blanket statements would be much more useful IMO.

Go on then!

The Kore ones I found to be the most powerful. Campagnolo produced a rip-off version too.

Avids and cr720s work well enough. I like having adjustment on the straddle cable

Come on Gerty

Would it be right saying that all cantis use road levers? Or is that not correct?

I've always got on with the wide Tektros with decent cartridge pads (Kool Stop salmons if I'm feeling flush). Really easy in toe-in, and you can change the feel by adjusting the length of the straddle cable.

Tried Shorty Ultimates and they were a major pain to keep dialled in if you're riding in muddy conditions frequently. They also use tiny allen keys (as well as the aforementioned pedal spanner) which inevitably end up with the bolt rounding off. Most others seem to get on with them though, so maybe it's me.

Mini Vs aren't great if you actually want to ride in cross conditions - they have very little modulation and run too close to the rim.

Can you just use any threaded koolstop pad? Most seem listed as v brake specific?

I genuinely don’t understand the point you are making

I use standard Shimano-fit road cartridge pads. I don't think the old-school threaded nutted pads will work.