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Direct-Pull cantilever
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A cantilever brake in which the housing stop is on one arm, and the inner cable crosses straight across to an anchor bolt on the other arm. The best-known direct-pull brakes are made by Shimano, using their trademark "V-brake."
This type of cantilever does not use a separate transverse cable. It has two tall arms, one of which has a housing stop and the other the anchor bolt. The exposed part of the cable runs horizontally from one arm to the other.
Direct-pull cantilevers have more mechanical advantage than other brakes, so they require special hand levers with less-than-average mechanical advantage to keep the overall mechanical advantage in a useful range.
