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Old 05-01-12, 05:16 PM
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Bobonker and bobotech...are you guys related?

Your levers are short-pull, for use with short-pull brakes. If you truly wanna run v-brakes, you'll want to get long-pull levers. Avid fr-5 levers are thoroughly awesome and totally cheap.

However, you really might want to take a look-see at how your rear brake cable is routed. It might be a hassle to run the cable to the v-brake's noodle.

If the main thing troubling you about the cantis is the straddle cable, why don't you just buy some trick new straddle cables and save a pile of money? Get yourself some mean kool-stop pads, while you're at it. you're still saving money with the straddle cables/pads versus new v-brakes and new long-pull levers. The straddle cables you linked to look fine, but you'll want to be sure they're big enough to clear your tires. Looking at the pic of your cantibrakes at the top of the thread, I'm guessing they would be...

But that's just a guess.
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