>>1070168>as a noob on road I wouldnt agree, I would like to see more miniV on road bikes Nah, fuck mini-Vs. They feel powerful when you first set them up, but they have major issues. They have very high mechanical advantage, which means very light lever feel but very little pad motion - you have to set them up with just a whisker of clearance to the rim. Better have wheels that are *perfectly* true, and hope you don't ding them on a rock! And since rim clearances are so tight, small amounts of pad wear dramatically effect brake performance, so brake adjustment is a never-ending process.
Considering that the point of mini-Vs is to allow for more tire clearance on bikes that are going to be used off-road (but use dropbars and standard road levers), I find the razor thin pad clearance and extreme sensitivity to out of true wheels to be unacceptable.
Cantis work great on cross bikes, powerful with tons of rim clearance. Their only disadvantage is that they're a little fiddly to set up.
There's no point in mini-Vs on road bikes; you can get caliper brakes that will clear 35mm tires: pic related
If you need more clearance than that, you're into cross/monstercross/allroad/gravel/adventure/whateverbike territory and should be looking at canti or disc brakes anyway.
>or at least more direct mount calipers which is basically a VbrakeA direct mount caliper is absolutely not "basically a V-Brake"
