That’s why proper canti cables were 2mm thick..you could pull a truck with them..they were never going to snapCantis helped sort the problem of reaching over a large tyre before vs came along.
Ironically vbrakes kept us safe from the fatbike (and the ensuing boost offset, chainline, thruaxle stuff) until the adoption of the disc brake.
Your front knobbly catch on the cable between the arms?
You are flying through space head first
Cantis only did that... if your cable broke!
Except where they had been crushed by the cable hanger or canti arm pinch bolt. The rest of the cable could still pull a truckThat’s why proper canti cables were 2mm thick..you could pull a truck with them..they were never going to snap