Rick

I am guessing that you have tried the Salmon pads. If not I would try these on your cantis. There are also better working cantis available.Yokozuna sales a remake of the mathauser finned salmon brake pads that I used on my touring bike years ago.

indyfabz

The only things that go on my touring bike cantis are Salmons.

seypat

Jake brakes work pretty good and sound awesome.

Chuck M 

You can get that sound on a bike. But your butt has to come off the saddle and it won't stop the bike. Probably not good on group rides unless you are riding with close friends.

SoSmellyAir

Digging the light chain rings on darker crank look; I thought I was the only one.

Camilo

Oh boy

mstateglfr 

I never tire of these pics as well as the one with the handmade fairings or whatever insane thing you did to the purple bike.
Keep posting pics, they are straight crack for me!

Serious note- why do both bikes look like the forks are bent significantly?

Sierra_rider

My favorite breaks are the ones you take once you reach the top of a difficult climb.

GamblerGORD53

Yah, the green fork was abused for decades and crashed more than once. Bike is older than me, 1940 to1950?.
My dad rode it from 1974 till he died. He got it from his uncles estate in 1967 for $20. The frame and fork were gone to the scrap heap in 2017. The HB is on my CCM.
The purple fork was weak to start with and brazons made it worse. Broke 3 times in Asia. Have a tandem one now.
Nothing on it wasn't changed since then. LOL.

3alarmer 

.
...brakes only slow you down. What's teh point ? Might as well be dragging an anchor.

cyccommute 

I know you are being facetious but I gotta say I don’t disagree. I live in mountains and ride in mountains (road bikes and mountain bikes) and have for all of my life. I use brakes sparingly. I can go years without having to replace pads of any kind. In fact, even though I have used disc brakes for about a decade now, I have yet to replace any of the original pads on several bikes.

I’ve used just about every brake type that is currently available including bad Diacompe center pulls, bad Diacompe side pulls and even rod brakes on this amazing piece of crap…




…which as been deemed so unsafe that we bolted it to the counter.

Brakes are less about what kind of brake you have and more about how you use them. In 40 years of mountain riding, I’ve never overheated a brake of any kind either.

Troul 

brakes that dont break, don't dual as a mechanical horn when engaged, are hydraulic, easy to maintain, & have inexpensive parts readily available...

maybe i'm too picky & should stop at just the "don't break" part. Could alternatively use high rolling resistant tires. max watts gains!

Jughed

Use them a bunch, barely use them, flat land, mountain... all good stuff, but none of that really matters to the question at hand.

Disc brakes simply stop the bike better. Whether you use them or not - they stop the bike better. My disc brake bikes stop like a Ferrari accelerates. My rim brake bikes stop like a 40 hp diesel VW Rabbit accelerates with the AC on.

indyfabz

So...If I don't use disc brakes, they still stop the bike better than other brakes I use to stop the bike?

I have read a lot of claims on BF about the superiority of discs, but this is a new one.

rydabent

Mechanical disk brakes. No use to complicate things, and most people can adjust them theirselves.

wheelreason

My least favorite right now are my Honda Fit's ones, cause I gotta do all 4 this weekend, and the front are disc and the rear are rim, I mean drum....

tomato coupe

Hydraulic spoon gives you better modulation.

tcs

The idea with these ↓ rear wheel spoons is to get off the saddle with one foot on the mounting step (this gets your CG relatively low and rearward) and step on the actuator with your other foot—easy lock-up power, modulation not so much.

JustinHS777

Rim brakes. Not a fan of v-brakes. I like cantis the best. Easiest to set up IMO

Small cog

Disc or drum, something I can ride through six inches of mud with and not have a horrible graunching noise where the brakes are destroying the rims at the end of it, I must admit to rim brakes on my sports bike that never goes out in the rain and road touring bike that never sees a dirt track.

SJX426 

P1030622 on Flickr
RockHopper_ Sprung_2013_Avid BB7-2 on Flickr

Eyes Roll

"Right Foot & Curb" brake. Love it.

Atlas Shrugged

I must admit this worn out debate thread has been more interesting than the past 100 or so times it has been flogged into submission. Usually the old timer rim brake brigade dominates the more progressives through overwhelming force and shear doggedness shutting down the discussion. This time we had some new players including surprisingly the “I rarely brake crew” making a strong showing. These forums never fail to entertain.

big chainring 

Weinmann center-pulls.

randywall

I’m having trouble grasping with 2 of the fingers on my right hand, so I love how easy it is to operate the hydraulic brakes on my new bike.