northcave

I am converting a bike to drops which uses Shimano Deore V Brakes and an 8 spd Alfine Hub. So, to do this I was considering:

1. Tectro V Brake Drop levers - £16
2. JTek Bar End Shifter - £40

However, should I just consider buying some caliper brakes and then some brake levers with integrated Alfine compatible shifters? Havent researched that yet but perhaps someone might be able to suggest if I should stick with my original plan above or another option?

Thanks!

fietsbob

May, not should, do what pleases yourself..

I have Magura hydraulic rim brakes on v posts, and figure 8 bend trekking bars..


My V brakes are on my Bike Friday Tikit .. 349 Brompton sizes wheels .. straight bars , ergon bar end/grips..








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Wilfred Laurier

There was accompany making dual-control (brake and shift) levers for road bikes and Alfine/Nexus 8s, but I did not hear good things about them. Perhaps they improved the product, I don't know.

Your plan for Tektro V-compatible levers and a JTek shifter is solid.

tyrion

If it were me, I'd go with v-brakes and seperate brake levers and shifters. I like the Tektro long pull drop bar levers, but that's just personal preference.

If you're using fatter tires that would require long reach calipers, I think v-brakes beat them in performance hands-down.

shelbyfv

Are you sure you have the option to use caliper brakes? Seems odd that a frame would have provisions for mounting both calipers and Vs

jimc101

Your frame determines what brakes you can use, you made that decision at the time of purchase. You have the choice you made back then and have what you have now, linear pull or caliper, your frame won't have the capability to have both.

Rick

Your going to drop bars and there is no cable adjuster. My sons fuji touring bicycle came with jagwire inline cable adjusters and deore v brakes. The setup sucked so I put the Paul Motolite V brakes I had on an older mountain bike, I don't use anymore. Paul has a cable adjuster on the noodle. There are other noodles with cable adjusters built on although they are not of the same quality. Paul also makes the MiniMoto that is short pull so you can use it with brifters. Paul brakes are the best you can get. They are easy to adjust, light weight and of the highest quality. You get what you pay for.

Rick

Inter lock racing makes a bar con shifter that may work for your IGH

northcave

Alternatively I could get a Teckro adjustable noodle for £2 and add it to my deores?

Ok we have lift off. Thanks for the advice all. Drop bars on with the Tecktro Levers and JTek bar end shifter using existing V Brakes. Both work really well. The brakes are actually frighteningly effective. More than they were with normal Shimano levers. Very impressed.

I'd post a photo but it won't let me.

WizardOfBoz

Ok, those are pretty unusual setups. But your posts suggest that you have a good deal of experience guiding these choices.

But aren't there supposed to be reasons/pardigms/rules of thumb about what works best? As in:
1) If you are running carbon fiber rims, consider disks (especially if you are heavy)
2) If you have aluminum rims and do most of your riding on the road and aren't too heavy, consider rim calipers.
3) If you do a lot of mountain biking, consider cantilever brakes - they're light and cheap.
And so forth...

Sheldon compiled some guidelines, but is there another source of authoritative advice for folks?