That was also part of the reason I tried the mech's, I recently bought a set of the XTR brake lever shifters and I got the model for V brakes. They work great with the Avids. Man, we have been playing musical bike parts around here for a couple years now, I think we are about settled for this season finally. I don't know why I had so much trouble keeping the Hayes from rubbing since most of the people I rode with who had them seemed to have way less trouble than I did, either that or maybe I'm too picky about noises.

khuon - I hadn't heard that about the Juicy Seven's, but that's the best adjustments I've seen. You can move them in about any possible angle to fine tune them, plus I like the little knobs on each side that lets you adjust the pad spacing.