V-brakes or cable Discs

[Bos]

YOU ARE A BUNCH OF HARD HEADED OLD FARTS!!!

 

V"S WERE MADE LAST CENTURY

THEY WERE BETTER THAN CANTILEVER"S

THEY ARE AT BEST "LIGHTER" AND DONT EVEN MAKE GREAT PAPERWEIGHTS

 

THEY ARE AT WORST  

 

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TURN TO VIOLENCE HERE

[SwissVan]

I want to buy my son a Merida matts 40. But I'm not sure if I should take the V-brakes (shimano) or the cable Discs (tektro). Which is better?

 

Get the disk option but ask the bike shop to upgrade them to hydraulic at the same time (i.e. trade in the new cable disks), tell them nicely  that you will only buy the bike if they can do the upgrade at a reasonable price.

 

I still got V's on both my mtb's and they work just fine, but.... jeez every time i have to change pads i start seeing red....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wyatt Earp]

Scotty, I am assuming you are referring to the two Kenyans.

 

It wasn't the V-brakes that propelled them to top 10 it was the leeegs

[GoLefty!!]

Oh how the discussion twists and twirls:

 

Brakes in order of preference due to Stoppingpower;

 

- Hydraulic Rim brakes

- HYdraulic Disc brakes

- Vbrakes made by Shimano from Deore LX to XTR or Avid Single digit types

- Vbrakes by everybody else

- Cable disc brakes by Avid

- Cable disc brakes by every body else

 

 

For teh reasons I gave earlier,cable disc brakes are rubbish, try and steer clear of them.

 

Most entry level bikes sold with V-brakes, will have disc brake compatible wheels thrown in as part of the package. It's a marketing edge that all manufacturers have taken up so the upgrade is easy.

If the bike does not have these then it is probably cheaper than a set of disc brakes anyway so a new bike would be the way to go.

 

 

If we talk about the suitability of disc brakes we only talk about hydraulic disc brakes.

the mechanical advantage of cable discs is inferior to v-brakes.

[scotty]

Scotty my old mate ' date=' racing partner , master of the universe bla bla bla how do you expect anybody to take you seriously dude ? The man that thinks tubes are better than white bread , needs medical attention before race starts , drives a DC Colt and drinks 4 beers before a race .[/quote']

Howdy DR been Hub scarce recently  

[dirtrider]

Brakes in order of preference due to Stoppingpower;

 

Hydro Disks

 

Mech Disks

 

MTB shoe into rear wheel

 

MTB shoe into front wheel

 

Any other means of stopping .

[dirtrider]

Scotty I don't say a lot because there is not a lot to say these days but when a man of your wishdom makes a comment it prompts me to add something as well .

[scotty]

Scotty' date=' I am assuming you are referring to the two Kenyans.
It wasn't the V-brakes that propelled them to top 10 it was the leeegs [/quote']

That's them, V brakes saw them through the epic the legs were a bonus. scotty2009-05-05 03:42:14

[jagwil]

Stop waffling and just go for hydraulic disc brakes. Hayes preferably.

[NotSoBigBen]

Brakes in order of preference due to Stoppingpower;
Hydro Disks
Mech Disks
MTB shoe into rear wheel
MTB shoe into front wheel
Any other means of stopping .

 

Did you mean :-

 

Hydro Disks
Mech Disks
MTB shoe into rear wheel
MTB shoe into front wheel
Any other means of stopping

V-Brakes (irrespective of the pads)

 

[scotty]

Scotty my old mate ' date=' racing partner , master of the universe bla bla bla how do you expect anybody to take you seriously dude ? The man that thinks tubes are better than white bread , needs medical attention before race starts , drives a DC Colt and drinks 4 beers before a race .[/quote']

i'd believe a man like that! east rand rocks!

 

Take note DR that's a wise statement

[Wyatt Earp]

Scotty' date=' I am assuming you are referring to the two Kenyans. It wasn't the V-brakes that propelled them to top 10 it was the leeegs [/quote']

 

That's them, V brakes saw them?through the epic the legs were a bonus.

 

 

 

 

If I am not mistaken I think it was the Epic we had all that rain on day 1, even branches helped us stop.

[Flat tu lance 1]

Go with the cable discs not the best I admit but a step in the right direction.

 

Like a couple of other people have said at least your future upgrades will not be too limited and a move to hydraulics will not be as painful on the pocket as it could be if you had to buy a disc compatible wheel set.

 

The only gripe I had with them was that they squealed a lot and pretty much annoyed anybody that was riding with me.

 

Sorry Summit...

Flat tu lance 12009-05-05 12:59:21