QBP Travel Agent v brake adapter/World Class v-daptor

Anyone have any good/bad experience of these?

TIA

 

Simononon wrote:

> Anyone have any good/bad experience of these?
>
> TIA

Fiddly to set up, still mushy, expensive and might not clear the rear carrier. Current thinking
favours 287v levers or cantilevers a la Tektro Onyx. /Marten

 

> Current thinking favours 287v levers or cantilevers a la Tektro Onyx.

Thanks Marten.

Is this your opinion or general opinion? I can't do canti's as I don't have hangers front or rear/
don't want the hassle of adjusting cantilevers. Anyone know whether any parts manufacturers have a
combined v-brake/STI shifter in the pipeline? If so, I want one.

 

> Anyone know whether any parts manufacturers have a combined v-brake/STI shifter in the pipeline?
> If so, I want one.

(actually, I want two)

 

Simononon wrote:
>
> > Current thinking favours 287v levers or cantilevers a la Tektro Onyx.
>
> Thanks Marten.
>
> Is this your opinion or general opinion? I can't do canti's as I don't have hangers front or rear/
> don't want the hassle of adjusting cantilevers. Anyone know whether any parts manufacturers have a
> combined v-brake/STI shifter in the pipeline? If so, I want one.

1) http://www.phred.org/~alex/bikes/brakes.html

2) new style cantilevers are dead easy to adjust

3) seatclamps and headsets exist with built in hangers
--
Marten

 

Thanks for the link Marten.

These adapters do seem a bit kludgey. But I'm going to have to think about this as I've just put a
new set of v-brakes on it and I'll have to ditch them if I go for cantis. I may have to bite the
bullet and go for it as it seems a much more sensible solution.

"M-Gineering import & framebouw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Simononon wrote:
> >
> > > Current thinking favours 287v levers or cantilevers a la Tektro Onyx.
> >
> > Thanks Marten.
> >
> > Is this your opinion or general opinion? I can't do canti's as I don't
have
> > hangers front or rear/ don't want the hassle of adjusting cantilevers. Anyone know whether any
> > parts manufacturers have a combined v-brake/STI shifter in the pipeline? If so, I want one.
>
> 1) http://www.phred.org/~alex/bikes/brakes.html
>
> 2) new style cantilevers are dead easy to adjust
>
> 3) seatclamps and headsets exist with built in hangers
> --
> Marten

 

"Simononon" wrote:
> Anyone have any good/bad experience of these?
>
> TIA
Bad. Difficult to set up, I chucked them and got Dia-Compe 287V levers. If you can find a way to fit
cable hangers the Avid cantis are really nice, powerful, easy to set up. Otherwise V-brakes are
powerful and easy to set up too, aren't they? HTH<
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mark