Road fixed / fixed road

Haha, perhaps.

To be honest though, it wasn’t the power that was lacking from the Tektro mini v for me, it just wasn’t a satisfying brake to use. Pads had to be too close to the rim, spring tension had to be wound right up or the noodle sat funny meaning it was heavy to pull and/or straightening the cable run used up a load of lever travel.

I did notice that I have what I thought was a bike’s worth of the same brakes but actually they are a bit different, different length and shaping to the arms.

Either way, the Avid Shorty canti will stand the bike up on the front wheel with minimal effort so that’s enough power for me.

I will say I’ve been under whelmed by the Shorty brakes in the past though. Had the two sets of them fitted to my klunker, being pulled by old school odyssey levers and the power was pretty shite.

Got a Dia Compe DC988 canti on the front and a Suntour Pedersen SE on the rear of that bike now and they work much better.

I do find cantis are a bit more sensitive about what lever you pair them with like that. A lever can work well with one calliper but not another and vice versa. Maybe it’s a mismatch in the pull ratio of the levers or maybe it’s to do with the geometry of the brakes, v brake type pads only really having two positions where the standard smooth post canti pads are more infinitely adjustable.