Originally Posted by
raria
Good hydraulic discs beat the pants of the best cantis or vbrakes.
But good cantis and vbrakes beat good mechanical disks particularly for QR hubs
I don't agree.
Not after using the Paul Klamper which is stupid easy to set up and is a very good brake. I was seriously surprised by this brake.
Hydros just work great and can be had cheap. My Hayes CX expert became a decent brake after I learned how to properly adjust them. Not as good as hydros or the Klamper though. About equal to my XT v brakes on my Rivendell.
Cantis and vbrakes lose because you have to adjust each individual pad during setup, spring tension, and when you do take the tire off and you happen to be using a wide tire you got to either let air out or beat the tire out of the brake.
Not that I hate cantis or v brakes, but after using all of these, I cannot argue that cantis or v brakes beat discs (maybe those bb5 brakes which totally suck as do my cheap sram hydros, but some people like sram brakes. Go figure).