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Use V-brake levers with mechanical disc brakes?

  • 01-07-2013 08:47PM
    #1
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭


    Having just bought my sister's Carrera Subway, I see it has a 7-sp cassette. I have 8-sp V-brake levers sitting in the shed and I'm wondering will they correctly operate the Subway's mechanical disc brakes? At first glance, cable travel looks similar...


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  • #2
    lennymc
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    lash em on and see.... :)


  • #3
    hypersonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭hypersonic


    I use a cantilever brake lever with disk brakes with out any issues.


  • #4
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Try it and see but it probably won't work. V-brakes require twice as much cable pull as cantilevers and I suspect disc brakes. They'll work but will be spongey as hell.


  • #5
    FirstinLastout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭FirstinLastout


    They should work.
    I use the V-Brake levers I'd previously used with Avid Vee's with BB7 mechanical discs.


  • #6
    cdaly_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭cdaly_


    seamus wrote: »
    Try it and see but it probably won't work. V-brakes require twice as much cable pull as cantilevers and I suspect disc brakes. They'll work but will be spongey as hell.

    These particular levers are actually a combi caliper/V-brake lever. You can move the cable pull point closer to the pivot for calipers and further out for V-brakes. The cable pull for the discs looks pretty big which is why I'm thinking V-brake levers.


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