v quick Brakes question

tardington
tardington Posts: 1,379
edited November 2007 in Commuting chat
My friend is changing their drop bars for flat ones - can she have cantilever brakes running from normal brake levers?


And can she fit V-brakes onto the fittings for canti brakes? This option would be best I reckon. I think you can? And I can't admit I don't know... 8)

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  • woodford2barbican
    woodford2barbican Posts: 1,505
    I think you can too -the Genesis / Ridgeback Day 00 etc bikes use cantis and flat bars
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    cantis and V brake posts are in the same place. But canti's and V's require different amounts of cable to be pulled.

    there are some levers that allow both to be used by moving the pick-up point.

    so wanting to use what with what?
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    woodford2barbican wrote:
    I think you can too -the Genesis / Ridgeback Day 00 etc bikes use cantis and flat bars

    Thought they were dual-pivots???
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    nicklouse wrote:
    cantis and V brake posts are in the same place. But canti's and V's require different amounts of cable to be pulled.

    there are some levers that allow both to be used by moving the pick-up point.

    so wanting to use what with what?

    Ah, sounds promising! It's a drop-barred bike with canti brakes - she wants to switch to flat bars, and hopefully get V brakes - sounds fairly simple to do! Cheers!

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