Originally Posted by
yellowbarber
thanks for the lookout!
Should have been specific when I said that I have the Avids set up with the skinny swivel washers on the inside.
Also, my experience as a mechanic with those particular v-brakes (pictured) is that they are OEM on some of the ****tiest junk department store bikes I've ever had to deal with. I joke that we should have a pro-rated surcharge for servicing cheap brakes.
That said.... that Promax mod looks like it would work great with a rollercam or centerpull conversion.
I did realize the error in my ways finding plastic brake arms... thus the second post.
The post mount brakes give excellent 3-D adjustment, but are a bit of a pain.
However, I think you might gain 1/8" to 3/16" on each side or so by going with post mount pads. Would that be enough?
I did find some nice ones that were on a MTB I gave to a second cousin, but I don't remember if they were cantis, or V-Brakes.
Just, that mount has fallen out of favor in recent years (get the wrong holder, and finding pads can be a pain too).