Thanks Jeremy. I believe the newer Tektro designs have settings for both long and short pull brakes. This may or may not rule out their use with V type brakes. I did find a "mini" V brake listed as being long pull, so perhaps there's my answer.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Jeremy Till <jeremy.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > I ran V's for a number of years and often had similar issues with the > noodle being tight in the cradle if the cables were new and the pads > were set close to the rim. Running with the adjusters in a bit is a > perfectly fine solution IMHO, you may also find that the problem goes > away once the cables stretch a bit. > > In terms of levers, I don't know anything about mini-V's, but if the > levers say they work with caliper brakes that means that they're short- > pull (like a traditional canti) and won't work with normal V-brakes. > > On Feb 4, 7:33 am, ccanter <clyde.can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello fellow Riv riders. > > I finished building my new Sam HIllborne this weekend and am very > > pleased > > with how he turned out. I put Albatross bars with barend shifters on > > him > > and MTB levers pulling V brakes (Shimano Deore). I don't have much > > experience with V brakes, but I'm fairly certain I have them set up > > properly. A break in the foul weather allowed me a brief test ride > > yesterday and they (brakes) worked flawlessly. The only thing is I > > have > > to run the adjusters in a tad to be able to extract the noodle from > > it's > > cradle in order to remove the wheel. Is this normal? > > > > I googled (v brake levers with quick release) and found these: > > > > http://www.tektro.com/02products/10ql.php > > > > The tops mounts won't clamp on the Alba, but the bottom set will, but > > they > > are listed as working with mini-V, or calipers. Is a mini-V different > > from a plain ole V? > > > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Clyde Canter > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- 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-bu...@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.
