Some lightweight retro v-brakes... avid mags...
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- synchronicity
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I've had these for a while. I've decided to try to make them lighter.
I'm going to use them for a retro build.
A lot of weight was hiding in the brass bushings (which I managed to knock out).
So I'm going to replace those with carbon fiber ones.
That should add about 5 grams (per pair).
This is the weight with pad holders but no pads: Other than that they are still missing the quick release linkage and noodle thing.
I'm going to use them for a retro build.
A lot of weight was hiding in the brass bushings (which I managed to knock out).
So I'm going to replace those with carbon fiber ones.
That should add about 5 grams (per pair).
This is the weight with pad holders but no pads: Other than that they are still missing the quick release linkage and noodle thing.
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Maybe you can substitute the noodle for segmented housing to save some weightsynchronicity wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:26 pmI've had these for a while. I've decided to try to make them lighter.
I'm going to use them for a retro build.
A lot of weight was hiding in the brass bushings (which I managed to knock out).
So I'm going to replace those with carbon fiber ones.
That should add about 5 grams (per pair).
This is the weight with pad holders but no pads:
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Other than that they are still missing the quick release linkage and noodle thing.
- synchronicity
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Yes, it may be so. Probably.
But I don't plan to do much riding with this particular bike.
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take a look at KCNC VB1 V-Brakes and their pads, these would the best of the lightweight ones; I'm not sure if you would sacrifice stopping power over something like the Shimano BR T-4000 but it would seem to me that might be the case? however people that have used them say they work great.
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Use Delrin, Teflon, or Rulon for the bushings. They’ll cut weight and actually do the job of a bushing unlike carbon fiber.
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