On Feb 25, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote:
> On Feb 24, 10:44 pm, Dave C <david.charles.carr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I was setting up the front brake on my newly built-up Karate Monkey >> frame. I have never used moustache bars, V-brakes, nor the DC 287 >> brake levers. Please take that into consideration. I set up the V- >> brakes this evening, the pads are fairly close to the rims and >> parallel, but the levers don't seem to pull enough cable to stop the >> rim when riding. There is little to no tension when I apply the >> levers. >> >> I got the DC 287 levers from someone several years. I was wondering >> if they are supposed to come with any others parts besides the basic >> levers. Is there a trick or special method to setting up V-brakes >> with these levers? Unless they are the V-brake version (the 287V), they just will not pull enough cable. My advice would be to switch to cantilever brakes or to get levers that pull enough cable. I'd skip the Travel Agent type thingy; the are a PITA to set up and are just a kludge. I hate V-brakes, so I'd nudge you towards cantilevers, but that's just me. >> Any help is appreciated -- I am not very experienced with brake >> set-up >> and adjustment. > I never had great results even with the 287V, which is the long-pull > version of the 287. The new Tektro long-pull levers are much better, > and much cheaper. I'll second that with a qualification. I found the 287V levers to work well with the Tektro "shorty" V-brakes but not with the full length V-brakes. I've never tried the Tektro levers Jim speaks of. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
