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ive got my brake set up going but it just doesnt pull enough cable.im using a V-brake lever with an Oddessy A-Brake.i thought those rolla-ma-jig things were only for useing on V-brakes,while not useing a standard V-brake pull. do i need one anyway? i dont understand how the lever can move so far yet the brake pads dont. -- jagur - Random Unicyclist --------------------------------------------------- -searching for the real one wheel deal,the one that wont but will... all i ask is one rotation,on this vision of singular creation...-[image: http://newserver.unicyclist.com/gall...x_flipped.gif] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jagur's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/502 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27547 |
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That sucks. I'm using a Shimano lever with a cheap-o Promax v-brake. The lever pulls plenty of cable for me. I tried using a non-v-brake BMX lever and it didn't pull enough cable. I found myself bottoming out the lever all the time. Wish I could help...... Mojoe -- Mojoe - The Muni Militia http://mojoe.unicyclist.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mojoe's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/533 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27547 |
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Jagur, I wasn't sure if that Dia-compe PC-8 lever would work or not, I never tried it with that brake. It's an older lever from the early/mid '90's before linear pull brakes became mainstream. I used to use that lever with regular canti's and it worked great. I think all that linkage in there was designed to provide more modulation/control. Obviously it doesn't translate to the "V" style brakes. The lever I used with that "A" brake was an old Suntour lever without all that linkage inside like the Dia-compe you're trying, and it worked very well. Find an old standard style lever or one designed for "V" brakes and you shouldn't have any problems. - Frank -- Frank A. - off-road "Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play." - FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Beyond Good and Evil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frank A.'s Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1710 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27547 |
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Jagur,
I wasn't sure if that Dia-compe PC-8 lever would work or not, I never tried it with that brake. It's an older lever from the early/mid '90's before linear pull brakes became mainstream. I used to use that lever with regular canti's and it worked great. I think all that linkage in there was designed to provide more modulation/control. Obviously it doesn't translate to the "V" style brakes. The lever I used with that "A" brake was an old Suntour lever without all that linkage inside like the Dia-compe you're trying, and it worked very well. Find an old standard style lever or one designed for "V" brakes and you shouldn't have any problems. - Frank RSU is down again anyway,im just going to get one of those roller thingy's called a "travel agent" it should be cheaper than buying a lever set.plus,if it pulls alot of cable i can test another idea i thought of. im really starting to not like the look of a brake,it just looks and feels clunky.then theres the Delta extender i had to hacksaw down,that thing is so cheesy. |
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well i guess my google news group post from this morning never made it here,but anyway i went and got a "travel Agent" from the shop and it provides alot more cable pull but i still want more...this thing is ugly too.adding a brake to a uni isnt a pretty thing im finding out,its taking alot of time dialing this in and my uni just keeps getting heavier.... -- jagur - Random Unicyclist --------------------------------------------------- -searching for the real one wheel deal,the one that wont but will... all i ask is one rotation,on this vision of singular creation...-[image: http://newserver.unicyclist.com/gall...x_flipped.gif] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jagur's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/502 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27547 |
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oops forgot the pic. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Attachment filename: p9040006.jpg | |Download attachment: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/160463| +----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- jagur - Random Unicyclist --------------------------------------------------- -searching for the real one wheel deal,the one that wont but will... all i ask is one rotation,on this vision of singular creation...-[image: http://newserver.unicyclist.com/gall...x_flipped.gif] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jagur's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/502 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27547 |
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well our directions must be different, becuase we dont have any other options. it might be worth trying anyways. -- Max_Dingemans - Hey Look, who's that? "And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war Who's given the gun and then pushed to the fore And expected to die for the land of our birth Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Max_Dingemans's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1981 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27547 |
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