Mountain Biking - V Brakes: why dey called dat?

Just curious...why are v brakes called v brakes?

TIA

shorter than saying "linear pull cantilever brakes"?

Turn it upside down and look. Looks like a V...

kind of on the subject, why are road bikes rim brakes different?

shorter than saying "linear pull cantilever brakes"?




I thought cantilevers were a different kind of brakes?

Turn it upside down and look. Looks like a V...

Hmmm...to me it looks more like this [_]...

kind of on the subject, why are road bikes rim brakes different?

V brakes can apply more pressure to the rim than road bikes. Something you need in wet and muddy conditions.

V-brake is a Shimano trademark that became a generic term

"V-brake is a Shimano trademark that became a generic term"

Ding ding! We have a winner.

Road brakes, also known as caliper brakes, only attach to one point on the frame or fork and don't have as much stopping power as canitilever and V-brakes, although newer dual pivot caliper brakes stop almost as good as cantis. Caliper brakes are lighter and easier to adjust.

Funny thing. Your cheap "mountian" bikes usually have a crappy stamped steel caliper brake.

"V-brake is a Shimano trademark that became a generic term"

Ding ding! We have a winner.
Do me a favor and use the reply link.

Why? I would think using quotation marks work the same as the reply feature. Unless you want credit for it. In which case he would just have to say:

"Blah Blah Blah"~Raiyn

Why? I would think using quotation marks work the same as the reply feature. Unless you want credit for it. In which case he would just have to say:

Why would he need to type the extra and do the coding when he can click the link and have all of it done with a box around it? Trust me things can get messy in the longer threads if you don't use it.

Why would he need to type the extra and do the coding when he can click the link and have all of it done with a box around it? Trust me things can get messy in the longer threads if you don't use it.


I know what you mean. But you gotta give him credit. To many poeple don't even bother spell checking and/or putting the correct letters in words. At least he did.

I know what you mean. But you gotta give him credit. To many poeple don't even bother spell checking and/or putting the correct letters in words. At least he did.
I do that's why he got the nice "Do me a favor" instead of a "Hey Sparky"

I do that's why he got the nice "Do me a favor" instead of a "Hey Sparky"




When I was very young I named my pet frog I found in the stream outside my house Sparky...



...he died soon after. :(

Great story Jas!

I know what you mean. But you gotta give him credit. To many poeple don't even bother spell checking and/or putting the correct letters in words. At least he did.


Hey thats me!

"Do me a favor and use the reply link."

I was giving you credit for being right. I type rather fast, and copy and paste adding quotes is also pretty fast, and makes the thread look less cluttered then using the reply feature.

:P