[RBW] Re: V-brakes needed or a recommendation

2021-08-15 Thread Joe Bernard
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

[RBW] Re: V-brakes needed or a recommendation

2021-08-15 Thread Nick Payne
Depends on what size tyre you will be using and whether you will be fitting mudguards, as not all V-brakes have the same length arms. On my Appaloosa, with mudguards fitted, The Deore XT 780 V-brakes I had just scrape the top of the front mudguard and can't be fitted on the back because they wou