While looking for info about a brake for someone else, I found this website.

Was I the only one who drooled over Marinovate brakes, in their brief moment of glory before Shimano nicked their idea and produced rattly-arsed Vs, with pivots that fell apart almost immediately and required shim kits to retain some kind of function, damn them!

Those pictures just go to prove that the simplest solution is often the best.

That was like a little museum tour. It was really interesting to see how things have changed, but that the simple long arm design has stayed.

I actually had a set of Onza H.O. cantis.

*hangs head in shame*

Someone actually created a page so boring I found it almost interesting.

they missed out the Grafton Speed Controls!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Lol, how dangerous would those "self energising" things be???!!!!!

Nuclear ?

it's the anti-lock ones that i'd worry about, when i pull my brakes, i like my wheel to stop

i control my endo's, as they're often the quickest way to stop, with that, if i did it, the back would come up, then the front would just shoot forward!

the self energising ones could be good as a rear, but as a front? no way!

"i control my endo's, as they're often the quickest way to stop" LOL, I had to check that Dylan hadn't posted that.

Anyone ever have those ABS rim brkaes made my some german company? About £150 a set just for the cantilever's iirc. they had an eliptical cam that rolled along the rim and pushed the brake pads in pulses.

I *did* have Onza HO cantis. Not as self engergising as they said but probably the easiest cantilever brakes ever to set up.

ok, quickest for me :-)

think about it mike, all weight on one wheel, maximum braking force, job done :-)

i brake late, mostly because it's more fun, so i do stupid things like that

Think about it Mike, as soon as the rear wheel leaves the ground some of the braking effect is lifting your weight rather than slowing you.

It is fun though, I'll give you that :)

Great on tarmac Mike!, dodgy as hell on the loose stuff though...

"scott/pederson - se (self-energizing) cantilevers" aghhhhhhhh!

I had some of those on a Manitou II and soon learned to walk over the bars. On application in the wet it was something like:

not much happening, not much happening - over the bars!

sounds like i missed all the fun by only getting into mountain biking in the last few years!