Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Vancouver, Washington and Ocean Shores, Washington, USA
Bikes: 2 - 2007 Custom Bike Fridays, 2 - 2009 Bike Friday Pocket 8's, Gravity 29'er SS, 2 - 8-spd Windsor City Bikes, 1973 Raleigh 20 & a 1964 Schwinn Tiger
here's a picture of the upgraded Avid front V-brake on my S1. (There is normally no rear brake.) The tires on mine are 1.75" Tioga Pool Comp slicks. I haven't removed them since upgrading the brake, but would assume that Big Apples would not mount/de-mount without deflating them.