"unsymmetrical arms?" Maybe you're thinking of sidepulls? :^) I have a bike with v-brakes. It's an outlier in my history, in that in ten years I've never had to dick around with the setup once. The levers have adjusters to change the pivot point, and there's plenty of modulation. They're prettier than my Quickbeam's stock brakes, too...
I love that Google's first return for "v-brakes" is Sheldon's article on adjusting them. Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Nov 29, 1:25 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > V brakes had their place in the evolution of braking IMO. For big > knobby tired bikes( 2.3 inches+) they were better than poorly adjusted > canti's. On those same MTB bike they have been replaced by disc brakes > almost exclusively. A well adjusted good quality cantilever brake is > just as powerful and is orders of magnitude better looking. The > mismatched, unsymetrical arms of the V brake look out of place on a > beautiful Rivendell bike. :-} > > ~Mike~ > > On Nov 29, 12:05 pm, RoadieRyan <ryansub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > +1 on V brakes with the Tektro road levers. I have them set up with > > some Avid V brakes on my Handsome Devil. Overall I still prefer > > sidepulls for set up and adjustment but I like the V's over the > > Canti's. > > > R > > > On Nov 29, 12:07 am, Daniel M <dpmay...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Can I also chime in in favor of V-brakes with Tektro levers? I have > > > had my Hillborne since May built by Rivendell with Deore V-brakes, > > > Noodle bars, and Tektro levers and interruptors. The braking is > > > superb. Loaded touring with tent, sleeping bag, food, clothes, etc, > > > coming down paved roads at 35mph, in the drops, and literally only > > > needing ONE finger on each lever to moderate slowing/stopping > > > perfectly. I had a Bianchi Volpe with short-arm cantis and needed to > > > apply so much pressure in similar situations that my hands ached. > > > > The long-arm cantis that Rivendell sells are doubtless much better > > > than the ones that came on my Volpe, but V-brakes are so powerful, so > > > simple, and so easy to adjust that I can't imagine using anything > > > else. > > > > DM > > > > On Nov 24, 3:28 am, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > Another one who feels that the 113 BB length is good. > > > > > Will chime in on the brakes - my SH presently has Tektro 720 > > > > cantilevers. The main winter project is switching it over to V > > > > brakes. The cantis are not bad. But overall the newer V brakes are > > > > so much nicer for stopping power. The only cantis, IMO, that come > > > > close are the Pauls. If price is no object, then, yeah, go that > > > > route. Otherwise, it's V for me. > > > > > Oh yeah, my back story is originally riding on old mountain bikes > > > > (back when they were new) and cantilevers were king. So I've always > > > > been able to set them up. Even with that, still prefer them > > > > newfangled stoppythingies. > > > > > Eric Platt > > > > St. Paul, MN > > > > > On Nov 24, 12:52 am, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > If it doesn't rub its okay......- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
