I used 287V's and Avid v-brakes for years with no problems. Stock, they come with two special noodles per lever, one that routes the cable out of the lever smoothly and a special 90 deg noodle with barrel adjuster at the brake- do you have both of those?
It sounds like you simply didn't put enough tension on the cable when you set them up. Try pulling the cable through the pinch bolt a bit more before clamping down. You do have to get the pads fairly close to the rim. On Feb 24, 8:44 pm, Dave C <david.charles.carr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was setting up the front brake on my newly built-up Karate Monkey > frame. I have never used moustache bars, V-brakes, nor the DC 287 > brake levers. Please take that into consideration. I set up the V- > brakes this evening, the pads are fairly close to the rims and > parallel, but the levers don't seem to pull enough cable to stop the > rim when riding. There is little to no tension when I apply the > levers. > > I got the DC 287 levers from someone several years. I was wondering > if they are supposed to come with any others parts besides the basic > levers. Is there a trick or special method to setting up V-brakes > with these levers? > > Any help is appreciated -- I am not very experienced with brake set-up > and adjustment. > > Dave > Wrightwood, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
