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Thus compressionless and Shimano mini v mean pads doesn’t need to be that close to rims.
(Avoid Shimano aero levers tho).
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Out of interest, what's wrong with the Shimano aero levers? That's what I've been using with my Shimano CX-50 cantis all winter long and they've been great.
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so the combination Shimano mini-V (do you know the refernce? is it one of the references mentioned by tester above) with Sram S500 worked well for you? no pad close to rim problem and the breaking is better than canti?
I am currenlty wondering what brake use on a next build, would like to keep SS levers so probably mini-V but wondered if it was really better than canti (I only ever used dual pivot caliper so genuine question)
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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.