In reply to mikehike:
> (In reply to The New NickB)
> If the new cx bike has carbon forks then ... avoid centre pull canti's, they cause lethal brake/fork judder.
This is an exaggeration. My cx bike has carbon forks and centre-pull cantis and it doesn't suffer from lethal brake/fork judder. What it does have is a fork crown brake hanger, like this:
http://tinyurl.com/ofkl2xz which is the simple solution to the judder problem caused by fork/frame flex, and which my bike was fitted with from the factory.
I tried a set of mini-Vs on the front, more out of curiosity than anything else, but my brake levers didn't have enough pull to work them properly without running them stupidly close to the rims. I find I have plenty of stopping power and control with a set of Kool Stop dual-compound pads in my front cantis. It's plenty for my needs anyway; I can well believe that a more aggressive rider would find them not quite up to the job for them. And of course they do have all the genuine downsides of rim brakes as mentioned elsewhere on this thread. But they're still fine for me, for the moment. And they don't judder!