Ryan. Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Right at the moment i'm looking for a vee setup for a rear brake.I'm a total noob to anything vee so if people could recomend setups that work well for natural and some street, and also work well in the wet.CheersRyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Cheaper optionSd7 Arms, Sd7 Lever.Expensiver Option, Ultimate lever and arms As for pads..ive found the little onza v adaptors are good. Then you can any magura pads you have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Cheaper optionSd7 Arms, Sd7 Lever.Expensiver Option, Ultimate lever and arms As for pads..ive found the little onza v adaptors are good. Then you can any magura pads you have with the sd7's im not going to get flex or what ever am i? can you get vee boosters from tarty?where can i get v daptors from?o and im going to need a cable lol what would people recomend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cristoff Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Im running:Sd7 lever,Ultimate arms,Wilko's cable and outer,Phat pads.Feels amazing, i really like it. You could try that set-up.Yeah, tarty sell vee boosters.And veedapters can be found here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duck Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) SD7 lever (ultimate levers just aren't necessary imo)Ultimate armsXT cable (£6 quid a set off crc and the best cables i've ever used)Heatsink redsAny adaptors do, heatsink ones are noice though.Edit: Don't those onza pad adapters have movement in them? Edited February 19, 2008 by Quackers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) right then so im thinkingsd7 leversd7 armsxtr cableplazzies in cnc backings? Edited February 19, 2008 by Ryan@Eastcoasttrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I'm using an XTR lever with sd7 arms, heatsink red pads, Avid straightjacket cable and no booster. Holds my 17 stone lummux well, so I should imaging it will be good for most people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) First off, before you get it. You do no that a vee brake doesnt have alot of bite to it, but does have alot of hold. If you like your brake to be loud and bite really quickly stick to maggie, as you will only spend money on a vee and think its shit. If you prefer you brake to have loads of hold and not slip get one.I run sd7 arms and lever xtr cable and outland booster and heatsink adaptors and either majic pad material in plaz backings or rock green in metal backings or coust in heatsink backings.Xtr cablesare pritty good so i would recomend one of them. Sd7 are great as they have little flex but pritty cheap. You will need a booster if your running adaptors, my outland one is cheap and is ok but not amazing but does a ok job. And try giving any zhi dealers a ring for zhi adaptors. Edited February 19, 2008 by basher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duck Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 right then so im thinkingsd7 leversd7Ultimate armsxtr cableplazzies in cnc backings?Nope your thinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 A friend of mine has SD5's, XTR levers and Nokon cables with red alu backed heat sink pads. Very solid, stops well and wears pretty slowly too . I'm still a Magura fan, though from the way my Magura pads are wearing it's obvious they're twisting a lot as they hit the rim. After using the first XT V's when they came out and being really impressed with the improvement when I switched to Maguras, I swore I'd never use V's on a trials bike again - this may yet change with the V's out now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abtrials Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 well me and quakers run the same set up minus the lever and our brakes are noisey with loads of bit and much more hold than any maggy ive ever used, so i would sugest, a vee to anyone.also plaz pads are not the best out there, get heatsink reds they are amazing, if not go for fat/joy pads they are as good if not better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 As has been said, Avid Ultimate arms are the best out there at the moment.The Avid SD7 lever is more than good enough; though there may be some advantage to the Ultimate lever, I can't see it being huge.Cable wise, get a linear slic (or similar) outer, and then run any old inner, as it won't make a huge difference, provided you lube it up well during installation.I finish the setup off with Heatsink V2 Vee adaptors, and Heatsink Reds in Heatsink CNC backings, which seem to do the job perfectly, other than shouting 'look at me' every time you touch the brake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Biddle™ Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) right then so im thinkingsd7 leversd7 armsxtr cableplazzies in cnc backings?Thats what my old setup was on my 24inch and that did me fine Try chain reaction cycles or paul cycles thats were i got my 07 hope mono for £80 new there normaly really cheap on avid and shimano products best bet is to check the website or look in a mbuk and give them a bell there really nice to chat to Biddle Edited February 19, 2008 by Biddle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Fox Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 SD7 LeaverUltimate ArmsXT cableHeatsink AdaptorsPlaz padsThe best rear brake ive ever had, would not change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 SD7 LeaverUltimate ArmsXT cableHeatsink AdaptorsPlaz pads Standard Avid rim wranglers in the cartridges ....The best rear brake ive ever had, would not change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Rowan lies... He runs pussy XTR levers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVWOCI WVS Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 XTR leverAnimal Bikes linear slick kevlar cableUltimate armsCRVs on a medium grindthats what i ran until i snapped my veedapters and it was pretty mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Rowan lies... He runs pussy XTR levers ok i forgot the XTR lever .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Smith Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 (edited) STANDARD PADS ON SMOOTH RIM FOR THE WIN! GIVES IT THE ORIGINAL VEE FEEL = GOOD LOCK + MODULATION = Edited February 19, 2008 by ANDY-MBK-RIDER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Thibeau Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 First off, before you get it. You do no that a vee brake doesnt have alot of bite to it, but does have alot of hold. If you like your brake to be loud and bite really quickly stick to maggie Im very sorry, but i totaly disagree with you, as i run v-brakes and they deffently have just as much bite as mags and they dont have the hassle of brake fluid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Mine is:SD7 leverSD7 armsClark Teflon cable (ones off tarty)Heatsink CNC backing and Coust material (got 2nd hand too)Heatsink adaptors. no boosterPads are by far the best. loads of noise. hold and even bite. If you want a pad with less noise and similer perfomance get Reds. My setup could to with been a bit stiffer. and set-up again, as its feeling a bit heavey to pull. Still works amazing. Also if you get one. try and let the cable be as free as possible. if you ziptie it up too much it will make kinks in the cable. Therefore making the break slugish. Short cable outer also helps. and use oil / GT85 makes the cable run free in side the outer. What I do it put about 5-6 drop or oil down the main outer, and fewer drops into the Noodle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Yeah some vee setups and some magura setups have just as much bite as each other. But on the whole maguras have more bite. A pair of cousts in cnc backings on a maggie with a grind will scream its arse of bite like someones put a twig in your wheel. No vee setup would be able to come close to the bite from it or at least ive not found a pad that will including cousts. Personally i prefer it with less bite and like the better hold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 One of the best rear brakes I had was SD7 levers and SD7 arms on my leeson many moons ago. I used standard black pads that came with the brake and had a smooth mavic rim. The only problem was that if the rim got dirty it went crap. On a clean rim in the dry it held like shit on a blanket.V brake wise you can't go wrong with SD7s. XTR levers feel nicer to me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 i got me heatsink adaptors today....i'v got a reet shit setup- using the bits i had in the days before i bought a magura, because it was shite!sd5 lever, sd5 arms, cable nicked off me mountain bike, 'sink reds (nicked off the front...which now has black pads..)must be the pads that really make the difference- i haven't actually been out yet, but spinning the wheel in my room, it holds beastly adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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