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Old 01-28-09, 11:01 AM
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zzzwillzzz
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Originally Posted by mrfish
Another alternative is to slightly cut down the vee brake arms, replace the noodle attachment and retap the pinch bolt to get vee brake arms about 2/3 of the length of standard.
or just buy the tektro mini V's.

but don't do it, those brakes are completely worthless. they came on my burley tandem and couldn't even stop the tandem on a small hill. the levers went straight to the bar and barely slowed us down and we sailed straight through the stop sign at the bottom, luckily there were no cars coming. and as well as that they required that the pads be set less than a mm from the rim that required the rim to be perfectly true.

i use the travel agents along with avid brakes and have much greater stopping power and have no problem with fraying cables
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