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@zanda
yep.
So hopefully will this when I'm done though.
So I have little (nil) practical knowledge, but from what I understand canti brakes, like dynamos, have come a long way recently. Cyclocross has lead to the development of much more linear feeling brakes, albeit with the trade off of having much sticky-out-edness..
I currently have, and will install for a trial these:
Kore Kross brakes
which apparently still suffer some judder, depending on setup.
I must confess, however..... that part of me is considering sending the frame to a frame builder to fill the dent. If I do this, I would likely change the head tube to a 1 1/8" to enable broader options for forks.
This is partly because the world tour forks are made from meteorite and are crazy heavy, but also because I'm tempted to put a disk on the front.
This will likely be the first major decision to address. The fork would likely be carbon, but would need to have room for disks. mudguards would be essential - and pannier options might also be relevant for future use.
I'm currently leaning to building it up with the fork I have, and doing my best to sort the brake setup. Or at least get used to it so that I dont jam them on when I'm shattered-tired at 30+mph downhill in the dark and do a superman.