Advantages: Well made. Well finished. Excellent durabilty. Quality piece of kit Disadvantages: Come equipped with Rim Wranglers Brake Pads
'''A bit of History'''
V-brakes were originally developed by Shimano, and were an improvement on the older centre pull cantilever brakes. By lengthening the arms the amount of force applied to the rim could be increased, so improving braking performance.
V-brakes are now being superseded by disc brakes. Disc brakes offer vastly superior wet weather braking performance, and are the brake of choice where extreme performance is required i.e. freeride ... ...7's feature Force Vector Alignment, and stainless hardware. Build quality and finish is excellent. I know because I have some Deore's and Tektro's to compare them against.
Durability is good too - paint and fittings have lasted extremely well despite 2 years worth of being sprayed with mud and then hosed down by yours truly. No doubt the stainless hardware is the main factor in the lack of rustiness.
It is also possible to strip, grease, and rebuild ...
fred_redwood 26.05.2008
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