V-brakes and drop bars

[Hartmame]

I'm putting v-brakes on my Surly LHT. I have the topeak levers but don't I need barrel adjusters in here some where? I saw that they make v-brake noodles with barrel adjusters that I can swap for the ones that came with the brakes.

Do I need these?

[OakLeaf]

You don't technically need them, but they sure make life a whole lot easier.

The alternative is to un-clamp and re-clamp your cable any time it needs adjustment. Who needs that? Noodles are cheap. I can't speak to quality of any of them, but hopefully someone here can give a review or two.

[radacrider]

You could also get an inline adjuster, like those from Jagwire (Jagwire Inline_Adjusters (http://jagwireusa.com/index.php/products/v/Inline_Adjusters)).

[Hartmame]

I followed the jagwire link and it says those inline adjusters are for deraileurs nothing mentions brakes so I'm wondering, what's the difference. Intuitively I would think that brake barrel adjusters would have a lower tpi thus allowing for a larger adjustment per turn of the barrel than a derailleur barrel adjuster would? Is that the case?

[radacrider]

Good point. I did a quick web search and apparently there are just a few mfgrs like, Avid, that make an aluminum adjuister. Seems putting something inline for brakes raises the risk (lawsuit) factor for failure due to the amount of pull required for brakes versus derailleurs.

On my bikes, the rear has an adjuster at the housing end just behind the seat post for fine tuning (mtbs converted to drop style bars). The front has no adjusters. I set new pads on the slightly close side which seems to hold up fine through the life of the brake pad. Takes a bit more work on initial pad installation, but works out.

[Hartmame]

I think I'm going to check out the cost of the v-brake noodle with the barrel adjuster. This will be a cost vs convenience choice.

[Hartmame]

Ok so, I'm picturing myself at the bottom of a nice down hill in 90-100 degree heat after wearing half the rubber off my breaks and needing an adjustment. Do I really want to dig out the tools to adjust the cable pull, or do I want to just give a twist to a barrel adjuster? No contest, I ordered the Jagwire noodles with the barrel adjuster to replace the stock ones. I'll let you know how they do.