V Brakes

[tomatoevousparlour]

Thanks for the other, i PMed the Seller first though, because there was no mention of this in the sale

 

[Sithlord]

Well it is the first port of call , if you were sold them as usable and working, but if you get stuck.. give me a shout...

 

[craiga]

It's not broken, my brother in law has these brakes & the square thing tightens & does the spring tension. I'd never seen it before, but once I'd figured it out it worked well & seemed more flexible than the normal screw to alter the tension

 

[Sithlord]

Ah ! in that case then, it will be a matter of tightening the brake onto the arm using the bolt... and using a flat spanner to adjust the tension ..

sorry for any confusion, but it looked like the rear part of the spring had broken.. :?

 

[craiga]

Ah ! in that case then, it will be a matter of tightening the brake onto the arm using the bolt... and using a flat spanner to adjust the tension ..

sorry for any confusion, but it looked like the rear part of the spring had broken.. :?

Yes, that's exactly how I did it. It can give you a wide range of adjustment. His wheel is miles off centre on the axle, yet the brakes set up at a wacky angle & work fine.

 

[Xesh]

These seem to work similarly to my Crystal Design Vs except that the spring on mine is at the front of the brake away from the frame.

 

[tomatoevousparlour]

There all set up nicely now