they will almost always be one of the two variations of cantilever brakes. A cantilever or “canti” is a rim brake with the brake caliper arms mounted onto bosses on the fork blades and seat stays.

The Quiver Canti is also newly redesigned and can be used with either cantilever brakes or linear pull V-brakes. The frame is belt-drive compatible and comes in a matte black with silver graphic ...

Other component highlights include Avid BB7 disc brakes, an Easton EA50 cockpit ad post ... The Cross Carbon is one of the few bikes that we’ve ever come across that offers both canti or disc braking ...

It even has disc tabs if you want to switch out the canti brakes for discs. Shimano and FSA components are sort of low-middle range, but they re perfectly suitable. And the frame warrants ...

To get wider handlebars I needed a new stem. And new brake levers. And new cables. And new brakes to fit the new wheels that I needed to fit the new tires I needed to ride rough dirt tracks.

There’s a canti brake on the front and a coaster brake for the back. Howes – who has ten headshots in the 18-page Ridgeback catalogue – believes the Thunderbird will be a good, niche seller. He ...