Brake recommendations please

tony R said:

Hello,

my commuting bike is getting some new bits and I thought I
might add new brakes. It's a flat barred, daily use, all
weather, trailer pulling, on road only bike. The levers
will be LX, the pads will be Koolstop dual compound. Can
anybody recommend some nice V-brakes to go with these? I
suppose LX would seem the obvious choice but I'm sure I
read a post here about Shimano V-brakes being incurably
squealy. Thanks for the help,

tony R.

The Deore ones have no parallel push gubbins and are fine.
£35 a set including levers and cables.

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Can anybody recommend some nice V-brakes to go with these?

Having just changed the Vs on the 'bent for Magura HS-33s
I've been=20 /most/ impressed with the Mags. They're more
powerful, easier to=20 control and the only adjustment you
need is wind a wee wheel on the=20 lever mount to set the
rest position in as the blocks wear. When that=20 runs out
of adjustment you change the blocks, and the angles etc.
are=20 already taken care of (the blocks move in and out
rather than rotating=20 on an arm so after the initial setup
everything's taken care of).

I just wish I'd bought them in the first place, though I'd
never been=20 seriously dissatisfied with the Vs. Mainly
bought them 'cause Roos was=20 spending a bundle on a new
bike and I felt the Streetmachine would like=20 some shiny
new bits to be proud of since it would be sharing the
same=20 garage. Preposterous reason, but it's paid off!

Obvious gotcha is the price: I paid =A3132 the pair
including fitting, yo= u=20 can buy them for less but
fitting is said to be a bit fiddly and for=20 that sort of
thing I'm prepared to throw money at someone who really=20
knows what they're doing. So you'll need to be willing to
spend some=20 cash, but if you do they're as good a rim
brake as you'll find AFAICT,=20 and they fit onto your
existing mounting bosses.

Pete. --=20 Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44
1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
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Peter Clinch said:

I just wish I'd bought them in the first place, though I'd
never been=20 seriously dissatisfied with the Vs. Mainly
bought them 'cause Roos was=20 spending a bundle on a new
bike and I felt the Streetmachine would like=20 some shiny
new bits to be proud of since it would be sharing the
same=20 garage. Preposterous reason, but it's paid off!

Not that we're competitive or anything 😉

Roos

tony R said:

my commuting bike is getting some new bits and I thought I
might add new brakes. It's a flat barred, daily use, all
weather, trailer pulling, on road only bike. The levers
will be LX, the pads will be Koolstop dual compound. Can
anybody recommend some nice V-brakes to go with these? I
suppose LX would seem the obvious choice but I'm sure I
read a post here about Shimano V-brakes being incurably
squealy. Thanks for the help,

For V-brake-stylee items, I like the Avid ones, which
accomplish the parallel push business using about 95% fewer
moving parts than Mr. Shimano.

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Thanks for the replies. I think it's going to be Deores. The
LBS has them, or can get them at least. Unfortunately my
wife hasn't just bought some exotic means of transport that
I can compete with to justify the expense of the Maguras. A
Dublin Bus monthly pass is only about 60 euro.

tony R.