V-brake/canti lever thing
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Poo but " travel agents " work a treat on Vs with cantilever levers.
deelam
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I just put Vs on a set of old Manitou 2s using DiaCompe SS-7 Levers.
Works brilliantly strangely enough. They are very powerful but modulate well enough not to send me over the bars!
A crap but quick fix is to put a kink in the brake cable, it reduces the ferocity.
Long-term, get some new levers though!
Works brilliantly strangely enough. They are very powerful but modulate well enough not to send me over the bars!
A crap but quick fix is to put a kink in the brake cable, it reduces the ferocity.
Long-term, get some new levers though!
I used V's with my Dx's when the V's became more populair. I was completely used to a "very responsive brake" but have to admit it was like a lightswitch.
One day a friend asked me if he could try my bike (you see it comming don't you
) and that was ok with me. I did warn him for the brakes, also because I put left right and right left like on motobikes...he was carefull he replied. Of he go and he was more like a roadracer so he stayed on the tarmac, his legs pumping like an old diesel engine...faster and faster...and faster...a T junction is comming up...he slowly reach for the brakes...he slows down a bit and swings to the left...and from the left A COMPLETE FAMILY SHOWS UP!!! He hit the brakes and is launched into orbit! At least 5 meters he was flying and he landed without wheels on his chin. Today he still has marks all over his body to tell the story. We laughed a lot that day but he will never ever ask me if he can try my bike :twisted:
One day a friend asked me if he could try my bike (you see it comming don't you
) and that was ok with me. I did warn him for the brakes, also because I put left right and right left like on motobikes...he was carefull he replied. Of he go and he was more like a roadracer so he stayed on the tarmac, his legs pumping like an old diesel engine...faster and faster...and faster...a T junction is comming up...he slowly reach for the brakes...he slows down a bit and swings to the left...and from the left A COMPLETE FAMILY SHOWS UP!!! He hit the brakes and is launched into orbit! At least 5 meters he was flying and he landed without wheels on his chin. Today he still has marks all over his body to tell the story. We laughed a lot that day but he will never ever ask me if he can try my bike :twisted:
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