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They're moving towards discs. Some of them are on mini-Vs. The hold-outs on wide-profile cantilevers are used to them (my brakes have always felt like this, I don't want to learn something new), perceive that they hold less mud in sticky conditions, and have the benefit of full time mechanics to keep them fettled. More than any other brake design, wide profile cantilevers leverage ratio changes as cables stretch and pads wear down. If you've got a mechanic to replace pads every race and cables every week, that's not a problem.