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After a fair amount of internet research, my conclusion was that cantis are terrible for stopping you but good for modulation, mini-vs were worse for modulation but better for power (at the expense of mud clearance), whereas Vs with travel agents were good all round but felt a little different on the lever. I went for cantis (tektro cr720) as I needed the clearance for cross use and wanted something relatively simple, and also not too pricey.
Once I got them set up properly (including pad placement, toe in etc) I found they actually work pretty well on the road, no worse than the shimano calipers on my road bike, when comparing them both with stock pads. When these pads wear out I'll replace them with swissstops and they should be even better. That said, this bike is 90% for cross, where (in our conditions) you don't want to brake too hard anyway.