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discs i have no problem with setting up, cantilevers i take pride in getting right even the utterly non-adjustable frogsleggs... but V brakes, they are the devil's work!
so just got a new bike for the boy, with Vs that need a little adjusting. i've struggled in the past with his bikes but this time feel i need to get it right.
can anyone give me an idiots guide how to?
[url= http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/linear-pull-brake-service-v-brake-type ]http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/linear-pull-brake-service-v-brake-type[/url]
IME, having a decent brake (e.g. Shimano Deore upwards) and a cartridge pad make all the difference. I run three bikes like this, no pad toe-in/out required.
If you're in S.Mancland them feel free to drop in. When m'laddos bike turned up I stripped everything off and built it 'properly'. His V-brakes can now be operated with one finger. Cocky little $h!t is doing endos and skids already....he's only 4!!!
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wind lever adjuster in
clamp pads to rim
wind adjuster out
I think he's talking about the spring tension adjuster on each brake arm.
[i]wind lever adjuster [s]in[/s] [b]out[/b]
clamp pads to rim
wind adjuster [s]out[/s] [b]in[/b] [/i]
This.
Then, if one arm is moving less than the other, screw the tension adjuster in on that arm (or, if it's all the way in already, out on the other one)
If all else fails, bend the bits of the springs that run up the arms in or out a bit.
probably true been so long since i used the crappy things