Having whacked the mini vs on, I think I’ll just go back to cantis. Can’t work out a satisfactory way to route the cables, not much clearance over the tyre (as you said), don’t like the feel of them, don’t like the look of them. I’d rather have brakes that don’t work very well :-)
Feel you, mini-Vs don't work well with 26" tbh. But on my 28" hybrid they are just glorious and I couldn't go back to cantis.
Proper pads matter a lot though, Swiss is great, but my go-to method is Kool-Stop all the way.
Having whacked the mini vs on, I think I’ll just go back to cantis. Can’t work out a satisfactory way to route the cables, not much clearance over the tyre (as you said), don’t like the feel of them, don’t like the look of them. I’d rather have brakes that don’t work very well :-)