Old 10-20-18 | 11:32 AM
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Edit: I misread the OP and thought they were talking about switching from "cantilevers", not "calipers". V-brakes require the studs that cantilever brakes use.

Yes, it's possible. V-brakes usually require a longer cable pull, in which case you'd need long pull brake levers. But short arm v-brakes use cable pull similar to cantis. The length of a v-brake arm is in its specs. Here are some:

https://www.gravelbike.com/v-brake-arm-lengths/

I think for 85-90mm or longer arms you'd want a long pull lever (just guesstimating - research this a bit). You can get long pull levers for drop bars or flat bars, but I don't think there are long pull brifters, so if you want brifters you'd need a short arm v-brake.

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