Canardweb Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Hello everybody, thanks to Ali, I recently skipped to double V-brakes but the thing is I don't have a good method to set them up!So if anybody knows how, please explain clearly and with details how you do it.Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Set the spring tension - this is personal choice, I like a nice light lever action so set it accordingly. There should be 3 holes in a vertical line into which the little peg on the back of the arm goes, put it in the top hole for most tension, the bottom hole for least tension and the middle one you can probably guess Get the pads nice and square to the rim - have the clamp bolt slight loose and push the arm gently onto the rim (not so much it flexes the rim sideways) and tighten the pad when its in the right place. Do this to both sides.Set the lever pull - attach the cable play around with how close you need to pads to the rim to give the lever pull you want, you can fine adjust using the barrel adjuster on the lever. I set my pads about 1mm away from the rim.Set the pad spacing evenly - ideally you want the pads to hit the rim at the exact same time, you also want them to move the same amount and at the same speed. Depending on which vee brake you have will depend on how you do this, I use SD7 arms so Ill use them in an example: -If the pad is too close to the rim then turn the adjusting screw (3mm allen key at the bottom of the arm, facing outwards) clockwise.If the pad is too far to the rim then turn the adjusting screw (3mm allen key at the bottom of the arm, facing outwards) counter clockwise.The adjusting screws will slightly increase the spring tension on that side, you need to balance the tension on both sides, once you have done so the pads will be perfectly equally spaced and will hit the rim at the same time.Some levers (particularly the avid SD) have an adjustable cable pull feature on them, on one setting it pulls alot of cable which gives less power but a firmer brake feel, on the other setting it gives more power but alot more flex, again its personal choice and something to play around with. If you chose the more powerful setting then you may need to adjust the cable clamp on the arms because the pads dont move as much.Hope that makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardweb Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Perfect!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Perfect!!!Good luck, theyre much easier to set up than maguras once you know what youre doing, much more adjustable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endohopper Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Super helpful reply Forteh , even for a long time V user like myself . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoolax Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 just curious any benifits of using a V to maguras? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 just curious any benifits of using a V to maguras?Lighter if you have V mounts (about the same if youre using adaptors), more hold than maggies but typically less bite (I think because the pads cant 'roll' and bite into the rim); additionally if you snap a cable you can get one from anywhere, you cant get magura hose and olive from just anywhere, then of course you have to bleed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 and you can take your wheel out without having to let down your tyres .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith!! Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 And your brake acctually works and feels nice/more range of levers, without having to spend about 9 hours setting it up and bleeding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 And they don't freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardweb Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Yes they don't!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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