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    Since getting used to caliper brakes (on my road bike and mixtes), v-brakes feel mushy... I think it has to do with the amount of cable travel. Your surly has canti brakes, right? Those are shorter pull than the v-brakes on the trek, and probably account for the difference..

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    Quote Originally Posted by sarahspins View Post
    Since getting used to caliper brakes (on my road bike and mixtes), v-brakes feel mushy... I think it has to do with the amount of cable travel. Your surly has canti brakes, right? Those are shorter pull than the v-brakes on the trek, and probably account for the difference..
    Ahhhh, I had not thought about that! Yes, my LHT indeed has cantis - and are nice and firm. I like them much better if that is what the difference is. Thanks for suggesting this as I had not considered it.

    Getting to Knotted's question - the Trek's cables have been tightened again...and again...the shifter cables have been replaced several times. From the way it was shifting last week they need adjusting. Yet Again.

    There has been no end of issues with the shifters on this bike but, of course, we were talking about my brakes... It took 4 visits to my old LBS to find that the RD had been incorrectly installed - which makes me wonder if other parts of the drive train were installed incorrectly. I don't go to that LBS any longer for maintenance work. Ok, I have that out of my system now
    Last edited by Catrin; 07-08-2010 at 07:00 AM.

 

 

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