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flag sixtyten
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 8:01 Quote
OK, so I'm going to dump my Juicy 5 and go back to V's.

Can people recommend decent lever / cable / brake / brake-pad combos?
flag krash8bit
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 8:05 Quote
im using a diatech leaver (one that doesnt need u to take your grips og
abikeco linear
and shimano xt v-brake with standard pads on my dmr
and i cant fault it yet, feels superb
flag MrNorrisToYou
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 8:36 Quote
Why are you ditching the disc?
flag sixtyten
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 8:57 Quote
Strangely enough it has too much stopping power and locks up the rear very easily. On trails it makes the back skid alot.

Also want to start riding a bit more park when our new one is finished this summer, and discs are a little delicate to brake easily.
flag oryxbike
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 9:04 Quote
try to get your hand on some LX or XT v-brakes(they are the same) those are the best vee I've ever had...
avid makes some great levers(loads of adjustement and strong IMO)
flag sixtyten
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 10:35 Quote
How about the Avid Single Digit 5 or 7's?
flag the-vicious-cycle
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 10:51 Quote
Avid arch rivals with avid dial levers, kool stop dual compound pads. Its an amazing setup best setup ive ever used for v brakes.
flag milanboez
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 11:09 Quote
good move
im running an xtr lever, linear cable and avid digit 7 brake and it feels really good
flag sixtyten
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 11:11 Quote
OK, this is my inital thinking:

Shimano Deore XT BR-M770 Brake
Odyssey Monolever (medium)
Odyssey Linear Slic Cable
flag milanboez
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 11:17 Quote
trust you cant beat an xtr lever. mines like new and ive had it 2 years

and aparently shimano brakes are noisy.. wat i heard thats why i got the avid
flag sixtyten
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 11:23 Quote
Is the noise not down to the pads and not the brake arms?
flag hendu
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 11:26 Quote
oddssey monolever and linear cable plus some v break caliper i duont know anything about them so i cant comment on that
flag oryxbike
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 12:13 Quote
milanboez wrote:
trust you cant beat an xtr lever. mines like new and ive had it 2 years

and aparently shimano brakes are noisy.. wat i heard thats why i got the avid

never had or tried the xtr lever so I can't say anything on that, probably just as good as the best avid lever...
Shimano brakes are not noisy at all. if you got shitty pads then like any other Vee they will be noisy...
flag cuttingedge
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 12:32 Quote
V-brake set would depend on how much you would like to spend.
The best set that I have ever run is the Paul CrossTop with the Paul love lever.
flag hampsteadbandit
Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 12:57 Quote
Odyssey Monolever (medium)

running an Odyssey bmx brake lever on a mountain bike v-brake doesn't work very well, as the Odyssey lever's "cable throw" is designed for a BMX brake (e.g. Dia Compe Hombre / 990 / Fly) which requires substantially less leverage to operate than any mountain bike V-brake

modulation gets all screwed up when running BMX and MTB brake parts together...

the best v-brake levers are Shimano XTR or Avid (with adjustable pad contact), the Avid FR-5 is dirt cheap (about £15 pair) and works great

by using a mountain bike specific lever, you will get proper modulation and the ability to lock-up your brake when required
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