Those Alivios should be fine, in fact they look suspiciously like a much more expensive pair of Deore XT brakes I had which worked fabulously (I assume I was paying for nicer pads and maybe aluminum bolts) . As the copy says from Riv, you might want to run the stock pads a while then maybe get those Kool Stop "ebike" pads.
In my experience with various levels of Shimano v-brakes (XT, Deore, DXR) the important feel and operational differences are at the lever. If your lever is cheap and rattly the whole system will feel that way. Joe "in this reporter's opinion" Bernard On Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 9:24:13 AM UTC-7 Ray Varella wrote: > I’m in need of a set (bike’s worth) of V-brakes. > I see Rivendell has Alivo level brakes for $20 per wheel > Is there a compelling reason not to use them? > > If so, any recommendation on a budget level brake that works well? > > Thank you > Ray > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1eda8d4f-6ab2-4971-933c-518321750bbfn%40googlegroups.com.
