Old Brake Levers to work with V Brakes
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Old Brake Levers to work with V Brakes
I know this may be a silly question
but before I go about putting them on
I was wondering if a set of old old mtb brake lever - Shimano Exage that worked for the old fashioned cantilever brake system from 1991
I need to replace a brake lever on my old mtb,
The MTB has the V brakes,
Would the old brake lever still work with the V Brakes?
I just don't want to take everything off only to find they don't work properly
thanks
but before I go about putting them on
I was wondering if a set of old old mtb brake lever - Shimano Exage that worked for the old fashioned cantilever brake system from 1991
I need to replace a brake lever on my old mtb,
The MTB has the V brakes,
Would the old brake lever still work with the V Brakes?
I just don't want to take everything off only to find they don't work properly
thanks
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CanadianBiker32, The pull ratio is different between cantis and linear pull brakes which requires levers to match either system, so no, not without adding something like a TravelAgent.
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V-brakes and Cantis use levers with different cable pulls and are not interchangable if you want them to work properly.
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