Thread: How do V-brakes/dual-pivot sidepull brakes work?
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Old 06-30-20, 07:16 AM
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It may help to think of it as pulling against the spring tension in each arm rather than the arm itself. If you have a bike with V-brakes you can easily disconnect each spring individually and see what happens.
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