yeah I used to run a deore one, but could never get it quite right! Always felt a bit crap! May try again... may as well get a whole new front brake if I do that too, my current one is pretty buggered I did run a cane creek vee which has no noodle and that felt good, but broke in a couple of months because they were pretty shitty quality, expecially the springs. ...plus I wouldn't mind running/trying something different just because.. i suppose i could run the same setup but with a U-brake