Bike Forums - View Single Post - 1990 Raleigh Mirage MTB with Reynolds 501 tubes

06-21-10 | 09:54 AM

#6

rhm

multimodal commuter

Joined: Nov 2006

Posts: 19,810

Likes: 597

From: NJ, NYC, LI

Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

Quote:

Originally Posted by snafu21

Mmm. I'm pretty good on V-brakes now, ship yours over to me for free adjustment

I followed Sheldon's advice: if you tighten up one tension adjuster on V-Brakes, loosen the other by the same amount. Then I fine tune the arm with the least movement to balance and centre. Lube on the bosses and cable location seems to be the other key items. I'll post pix when I get 'Purple Haze' on the road in a couple of days.

Points well taken. It doesn't help that my V-brakes are cheap and somewhat rusty. If I could change them to canti's, I would.

Reply

0