Lever for disk / V brakes.
04-05-07 | 06:37 PM
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Lever for disk / V brakes.
I'm looking into buying a used bike with disc brakes. When I took a look at the bike the levers on the bike said "Shimano V-Brake". Does that mean that the bike has V instead of Disc breaks ? or do they just use the same shimano parts for the levers ?
04-05-07 | 08:07 PM
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Bikes: 1997 Trek Multitrack 730, 2003 Gary Fisher Tassajara, 2003 KHS Flite 800, 2005 Santa Cruz Chameleon, 2008 Surly Long Haul Trucker, 2011 Santa Cruz Butcher
could be that the bike has mechanical disc brakes, which are cable-actuated and use the same levers as v-brakes. if you took a look at the bike, wouldn't you have seen if the brakes were disc or not?
