yeah v-brakes are pretty powerful, also coupled with that they need to be set up with the pads very close to the rim. may need adjustment in pulling the levers -- it really is two finger braking. a way to kind of counter act that is to loosen the cable pull for the front brake a little so you have to pull the levers a bit before engaging the brakes.
On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 2:10:30 PM UTC-4, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > I have lots of experience with bunches of SP & canti brakes, along with > assorted levers, but very little with V brakes and none with disks. During > the last month I have had the opportunity to try both out. We have test > ridden two tandems (a DaVinci with ICS and a CoMotion with a Rolhoff). > Much to my surprise I could not tell much difference between those to sets > of disk brakes and the neo retros on our tandem. Both the power and > modulation felt very similar. I am now visiting my son in El Cerrito and > we borrowed a bike with Tectro V brakes. I found them very powerful but > the front brake had almost no modulation at all. Just the slightest touch > of the lever brought the bike to a complete stop. > > Is this typical of V brakes? Do others who have tried these have a > similar impression? > > Michael > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
