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Are avid still the only ones who make V brakes worth bothering with ? (that dont cost stupid money)
4 years of abuse as my commuter has taken its toll on my cross bikes brakes - id like to swap em out for non knackered and siezed models would go back to cantis IF i didnt need new brake levers to do so.
So quality V brake suggestions please.
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Avids are good and you've got 4 years out of them why not just swap like for like?
because they are not avids that are on - they are 10 pound specials that came stock.
I was just referring to when i was a spanner monkey avid V's were the brakes to have
Are they still so - if so ill go buy a set.
ah, misunderstood.
I'd go for Avid's or stupidly expensive Shimano ones.
Sure there was a set of XTR's on the classifieds earlier? [edit] no there wasn't.
How about these:
http://www.roseversand.com/article/shimano-deore-xt-v-brake-br-t780-515893/aid:515895
10% promotion at the moment too.
I'd go digging for some of the old parallel push XTs if I were you. No V brake got close.
Actually I find most V brakes much the same. After all they are just a lever on a pivot. What makes the difference is pads, and to a lesser extent cables and levers. That said I like the Allen key adjuster on my Avids better than the fiddly crosshead screws on Shimanos.
ah luke i had a set of those - they were great for the first couple of years then developed play in the pivots and became horendously unbearably squeely
I think avids will be the way forward.
I can vouch for the Avid Single Digit 7. Have had them on my hybrid bike for ages, and are still good as the day I fitted them. First ones in the lineup that have SS hardware and allen key spring tension adjusters, intead of that stupid crosshead screw that gets mangled easily. The RW-2 pads that come with them are the biz too...
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i replaced some xtr ones on my cross bike that were buggered with newer better xtr ones from fleabay at pretty low cost, think it was like 20 quid.