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back in the late 80’s some kid in California came up with a brake called the Marinovative Decelerator which was way more upright, and as the straddle wire wasn’t anywhere near 90° it was probably more of a v-brake.
I think you have confused the Decelerator, which was a low-profile canti with a bizarre pulley system for the straddle cable, and the later Stop Lite, which was the original (and unpatented) direct-pull brake, which Shimano immediately copied as the V-brake.
Also that kid did OK: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-capron-a7b73736
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I think they’re a type of cantilever that’s not actually a cantilever. To be a true canti there should be angle of 90° between the pivot point and the straddle cable, which is why most early cantis were quite wide. Then back in the late 80’s some kid in California came up with a brake called the Marinovative Decelerator which was way more upright, and as the straddle wire wasn’t anywhere near 90° it was probably more of a v-brake. I never saw one in the flesh here, they were stupidly expensive but cool as fuck. Shimano then bought out their version of much more upright cantis, and Tektro broke into the market with some very cool and underrated versions, which you could also get in groovy anodised colours, including purple. That was important in mountainbiking back then.
So yeah, they’re a sort of canti-V hybrid. They’re probably a bit shit compared with a V brake, tbh.