Sorry, I missed your Mini-V question. I looked at these as an option for a build a while back. Basically, they're intended for BMX bikes and have short caliper arms. (hence, the "mini," name) They don't have much clearance for fatter tires or fenders which ruled them out for my purposes... Steve Frederick, East Lansing, MI
-----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of clyde canter Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:06 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Help with V brakes on Sam Thanks all. I'll be sure to snap some shots for Jim's site first chance I get. The weather 'round here's been unusually nasty this winter. I'll take my camera on the first ride, which hopefully won't be too far off. I didn't really get an answer to my question as to what the heck a "mini" V brake is, but thanks for all the help anyways. The set up is experimental, as I've never run Albatross bars before and I may not like them. If not I have a noodle in reserve once I score a shorter stem. I chose the V's over the cantis mainly because I had levers and if they don't fly on the Sam I'll but them on a CX bike I have that is very prone to fork chatter. If the rapid grab-release of the canti wire theory is correct the V's should fix "that" problem. The cantis on that bike will find a home on the Sam; , Feb 4, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Brad Gantt < brdg...@gmail.com> wrote: I have run v-brakes of one kind or another for a decade + on my MTBs. As stated above, the issue is generally improved with a bit more room between rim and pad (common on MTBs to allow for muck clearance) and the inevitable relaxing of the cables. I generally squeeze the tops of the brake arms (opposite from the pads) together and that gives me enough slack to disengage the noodle. Good luck... and post some pics. -- 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 <mailto: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. -- 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.
