XT V Brake front or rear

[Steve Walford]

Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers specify
the item they are selling as specificaly for front or rear,
other sellers state the item they are selling is for either.

Are they specific or will they fit front or rear

Hope I've worded my query so all can understand

many Thanks

Steve

[Simonb]

Steve Walford wrote:

> Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers
> specify the item they are selling as specificaly for
> front or rear, other sellers state the item they are
> selling is for either.

Isn't it something really silly, like the way the pads
are mounted?

[Doki]

Steve Walford wrote:
> Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers
> specify the item they are selling as specificaly for
> front or rear, other sellers state the item they are
> selling is for either.
>
> Are they specific or will they fit front or rear
>
> Hope I've worded my query so all can understand

What's got to be altered to make rear's work as fronts?
Just fit a set of pads the right as opposed to wrong way
round? I've got a back LX V-brake I bought for 2/10ths of
bugger all....

[Tony Raven]

Steve Walford wrote:
> Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers
> specify the item they are selling as specificaly for
> front or rear, other sellers state the item they are
> selling is for either.
>
> Are they specific or will they fit front or rear
>
> Hope I've worded my query so all can understand
>
> many Thanks
>
> Steve

Is it related to the brake lever by any chance - the levers
are side of the handlebar specific

Tony

[Zog The Undenia]

Steve Walford wrote:
> Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers
> specify the item they are selling as specificaly for
> front or rear, other sellers state the item they are
> selling is for either.
>
> Are they specific or will they fit front or rear
>
> Hope I've worded my query so all can understand

The front ones (as sold for the UK) have a noodle that is
bent back on itself.

[Steve Walford]

Thanks for the info,

Most of the shops have them listed as front or rear specific
and list them with seperate part numbers

Am I being naive or do other readers of the group have the
general concensus that a lot of the cycling gear on ebay
is stolen?

I've got to be truthfull it's something I never gave much
thought toOn Thu, 27 May 2004 21:25:43 +0100, Steve Walford
<steve@swalfordIinvalid.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers
>specify the item they are selling as specificaly for
>front or rear, other sellers state the item they are
>selling is for either.
>
>Are they specific or will they fit front or rear
>
>Hope I've worded my query so all can understand
>
>many Thanks
>
>Steve

[Mark South]

"Simonb" <sbennett@YOUAREALLHEATHENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40b64f49$0$58815$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
> Steve Walford wrote:
>
> > Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers
> > specify the item they are selling as specificaly for
> > front or rear, other sellers state the item they are
> > selling is for either.
>
> Isn't it something really silly, like the way the pads are
> mounted?

The thieves who steal the bikes and strip them to sell the
parts on eBay probably don't know that you can reconfigure
them to fit front or back.
--
Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen

[Mark South]

"Steve Walford" <steve@swalfordIinvalid.karoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ii2fb0p6ahjo6tgq3eii72mhf3n5tirggg@4ax.com...
> Thanks for the info,
>
> Most of the shops have them listed as front or rear
> specific and list them with seperate part numbers
>
> Am I being naive or do other readers of the group have the
> general concensus that a lot of the cycling gear on ebay
> is stolen?

No consensus, I suspect, but the stolen parts go somewhere,
and eBay is now the easiest place to sell the stuff to
someone far away, no questions asked.

> I've got to be truthfull it's something I never gave much
> thought to.

Well, the profit margin goes up as the cost of stock goes
down, so if the latter is zero, then....
--
Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen