on 3/8/10 7:36 PM, cyclotourist at cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: > What are the down-sides to using a "regular" road lever (Tektro/Cane Creek) > with V- Brakes?
Look under the heading of "really bad ideas".... ;^) It will not pull enough cable. Ref's in the iBob archives (if they are back up and working now) and, of course, AASHTA: http://sheldonbrown.com/canti-direct.html If you have the levers, might be cheaper to find lightly-used canti's. > Long shot request. Anyone have a single front Dia Compe 287-V lying around > unused and lonely? I need the long-pull "V" kind, not the regular 287 model. > I have a right I'm not using, but the left is on our tandem. > > FWIW, Cane Creek has a really nice looking updated version. Pricey as all get > out though. I've seen them down in the low 40's, albeit in the black finish. Ride-buddy and master-of-the-usefull hack JimG switched from 287-V's to CCrk's and has never looked back. Thought he had a writeup on his site, but cannot come up with it right now. - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi -- 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.
