I think a good addition would be distance of bottom of brake slot from pivot point and top of slot from pivot point. Could be helpful to some folks trying conversion things.
-J On Saturday, June 21, 2014 11:16:23 AM UTC-4, John Boland wrote: > > Well, Riv sells v-brakes, so that seems as good a litmus test for > BOBishness as any. I am convinced that v-brakes are the most underrated of > braking systems. Not as pretty as cantilevers (IMHO) and not as purely > efficient in all conditions as discs (debatable), but they are light > weight, inexpensive, and just *work* with minimal fuss. I think > entry-level mountain bikes would be better off with a quality set of V's > than the no-name, low budget cable discs that are endemic to the species. > And entry-level CXers would certainly be better off with V's than the cheap > and maladjusted canti's that are endemic* that* species. Anyway, thanks > for the chart. I think it will be very useful to the v-brake cognoscenti. > > On Friday, June 20, 2014 12:12:47 PM UTC-4, Mark Chandler / GRAVELBIKE.com > wrote: > >> If you want to know if a particular v-brake will clear your bike's tire >> or fender, I've compiled a list of arm lengths for popular v-brakes. This >> is a living document, and I'll update it as more info becomes available >> (not all manu's list their brakes' lengths). >> >> The list is available here: >> http://www.gravelbike.com/?p=3298 >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
