brake upgrade?

garyhs
garyhs Posts: 8
edited June 2007 in Road beginners
I have a 12 year old Scott Peak MTB that I commute daily on that has the old cantilever brakes. With my new found fitness and a pair of slick tyres, I have found that my speed has improved a lot, but the braking is now a bit worrying.

Is it straightforward to upgrade to V brakes.Will I need new levers as well, as the gear levers and brakes are all in one.
Or will this end up costing more than the bike is worth

Any advice welcome before I start buying bits.

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  • garyhs
    garyhs Posts: 8
    not worth it then
  • Down the Road
    Down the Road Posts: 949
    You'll need new levers as well as brakes.

    If seven or 8 speed look to spend about œ60 + labour for your LBS to set it up perfectly
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  • peterbr
    peterbr Posts: 2,076
    It is worth doing if you like the bike.

    Shimano do a Deore kit that will give you all you need: 2 lever, 2 pairs of v's, pads and cables. Cost only œ30 - one of the real bargains of the MTB world. Fit it yourself in about an hour to an hour and a half.

    http://www.cyclebasket.com/products.php ... 14s475p142

    Even better is that Deore performs brilliantly, you really gain very little by moving up the Shimano range without going to discs. It'll certainly be astoundingly better than your currenty set-up. A superb way to upgrade flat bar tourers and hybrids too.

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  • peterbr
    peterbr Posts: 2,076
    Just seen it's out of stock, you may have to shop around a bit. M510 has been replace by M530 for a while now.


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  • graemetherunner
    graemetherunner Posts: 239
    People have cycled all over the world on cantis, quite a few tandems use cantis.

    set up correctly a canti system can be as good as V... it's just with V's you need no skill or patience to set it up.
  • domtyler
    domtyler Posts: 2,648
    edited March 2011
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by graemetherunner</i>
    People have cycled all over the world on cantis, quite a few tandems use cantis.

    set up correctly a canti system can be as good as V... it's just with V's you need no skill or patience to set it up.


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    Apart from the fact that Vs have a mechanical advantage to Cantis. They can exert more force at the rim for the same amount of force at the lever.

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  • peterbr
    peterbr Posts: 2,076
    Err, 1995 vintage cantis from an entry level mountain bike Graeme??

    I know my new BR550 cantis are very good and no doubt expensive stuff from Paul and the like is too but I've used XTR from this time and they are dreadful, I wouldn't want to go to the shops with them, let alone around the world. If my 105 STIs pulled the correct cable, I'd have v's instead of cantis any day.

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  • jpembrokecp
    jpembrokecp Posts: 1,968
    Just out of interest, how are your rims?

    Deore V Brakes are ace by the way. The V-brake kit (levers, brakes, and cables) for œ29.99 is one of the great bargains of the cycling world.

    Sorry Peterbr, didn't realise that you'd already said that.
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  • peterbr
    peterbr Posts: 2,076
    Well, it's so true, it's worth saying again!

    I actually prefer Deore to XT and XTR because they don't have that stupid parallax mechanism. LX are slightly prettier, lighter and more expensive but not really any better functionally.


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  • garyhs
    garyhs Posts: 8
    seems like the deore kit is the one. I know it is an old bike, which is why I don't want to spend a lot but it just doesn' t give me any trouble. I do have a road bike but save that for weekends.
  • jimbarrow
    jimbarrow Posts: 17
    Its a well known fact the Deore brake blocks destroy alloy rims of any quality... if you go for an upgrade ditch the blocks immediately.. Chech out Chainreactioncycles for upgrade stuff... I use them for all MTB stuff and there service is second to none.

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