CAmpy Mini-V-Brake?
08-02-06, 04:27 PM
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CAmpy Mini-V-Brake?
Saw some stuff on a german site wondered if any had used it?
https://www.campagnolo.com/groupsets....cid=10&pid=224
https://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=202219
https://www.campagnolo.com/groupsets....cid=10&pid=224
https://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=202219
08-03-06, 06:06 AM
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There is lots of discussion on the German site of whether the these can be used with Ergo (drop handlebar bar) levers. The campag blurb shows that there is a caliper and a v-brake version of the flat handlebar levers, which would seem to indicate that they can't, while someone else is saying that Tour magazine printed that they can.
The key fact is that the arms are 85mm long, which I think is a bit shorter than a standard vee brake. The German site states that a standard v-brake is 102 or 107mm, so the campy brakes will require 85/107 = 80% of the cable pull of a standard v-brake. Does anyone know how much cable the road and mountain bike lever pulls?
I'm hoping they would work as I would quite like to swap my Ultegra equipped tandem to Campy shifters and better non-Tektro brakes. In my single bike experience, a 10spd Shimano cassette will work fine with 10spd Campy derailleurs, and I already have a slightly damaged set of Chorus shifters that could be repaired quite easily...
The key fact is that the arms are 85mm long, which I think is a bit shorter than a standard vee brake. The German site states that a standard v-brake is 102 or 107mm, so the campy brakes will require 85/107 = 80% of the cable pull of a standard v-brake. Does anyone know how much cable the road and mountain bike lever pulls?
I'm hoping they would work as I would quite like to swap my Ultegra equipped tandem to Campy shifters and better non-Tektro brakes. In my single bike experience, a 10spd Shimano cassette will work fine with 10spd Campy derailleurs, and I already have a slightly damaged set of Chorus shifters that could be repaired quite easily...
