Originally Posted by
Phatman
Man, you had better experiences with cantis than I ever did. Mine shuddered like crazy because my fork flexed, and I found that open pros on a bumpy cross course did not love staying in true, so I either had to run my pads way off the rim or just deal with rubbing. Or, well, true my wheels every ride/race. I put mini-Vs on for about 20 minutes, but I never could get them dialed in right and ditched the whole setup for a disc brake bike.
I had crazy fork judder with the stock Tektro canti brakes on my bike. I actually switched to mini-v's for a while and it completely eliminated that problem, but the pads had to be super close to the rims, the modulation was awful, and they easily clog with mud. I eventually ditched them for Avid Shorty Ultimates, which only seem to cause very slight fork judder and otherwise work much better, and are easy to adjust.
I have a set of carbon clinchers on that bike as well. The braking is decent in dry weather. If the rims are wet it's non-existent. I run alloy tubulars for racing, so it is a lot better on those.