Originally Posted by
Needles
The v brakes I tried to use were Zttos. They came in a kit with the levers included. They swapped out fine, I just could never get them to work for more than about a 10 mile ride. I should have sprung for Shimanos or SRAMs, I guess, but the Zttos were rated pretty high. Maybe I'll try again, at some point. My wife's Jamis has Tektros. I don't have any problems out of them with adjustment at all.
I'm not familliar with Ztto's, I almost always use Shimano or Tektro V-brakes with Jagwire cables. I am currently doing a V-brake swap on a BSO I'm going to sell using Artek V-brakes. I'd never heard of them, they were on my Scott Sportster when I got it. I replaced them on the Scott with Shimano Deore XT's. The BSO had stamped steel cantis with plastic covers to make them look like aluminum. They "worked" but not all that great and one of the straddles has some broken wires. I already had the Arteks and although they are somewhat cosmetically challenged they are clearly much better brakes so why not? I didn't have levers so I ordered an inexpensive set, they just came today.