winchman Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Bought our son a Almost mint Onza Bird, Cable operated brakes, disc front norman V brake rear. Wouldnt let him ride it until today as its for christmas. I bought my self an old Onza T Bird, Magrura rear with Tectro front V brake, he has had a couple of goes of mine and has done well. He dosnt like the ride of the bird and says the brakes arnt as sharp as my old T bird. Any ideas is it us or is this lesser spec older bike better for him, is his instinct right? Hes a BMX rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 the vee brake probably has old cables and standard pads. New (linear) cables and some trials specific pads should make it rival (or surpass) the magura on your bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence--Trials Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Bought our son a Almost mint Onza Bird, Cable operated brakes, disc front norman V brake rear. Wouldnt let him ride it until today as its for christmas. I bought my self an old Onza T Bird, Magrura rear with Tectro front V brake, he has had a couple of goes of mine and has done well. He dosnt like the ride of the bird and says the brakes arnt as sharp as my old T bird. Any ideas is it us or is this lesser spec older bike better for him, is his instinct right? Hes a BMX rider Magura brakes have more bite than vee brakes do, which is why the brakes are sharper, however vees have better hold. What pads are you both running? If he's running standard black pads i would recomend some £5 onza brake pads off tartybikes.co.uk, i used to run them when i had vee, if i went back to vee i would defiantly use them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaybs41282 Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 I think I saw a for sale thread on here recently selling LGM vee pads which are good... Title "epic clear out" or something. Sorry cant link from iPod! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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