|   Road brakes v-brake levers | Jasper
Jul 28, 2003 8:46 AM | | I have inherited a road bike frame that will be turned into a monster. I would like to know if I can use road bike brakes with v-brake levers? I plan on changing the stem adding a riser bar adding a MTB rear drive train and making some grip shifts run the whole thing. Just to make it MTB like I am going to run the biggest tires that will fit in the frame. I know it will cost a couple of bucks but it is the kind of project I have been thinking about for a couple years and it will fool the wife into letting me upgrade one bike to build another. |
| Get some old canti levers | shiggy©®
Jul 28, 2003 10:12 AM | | V levers have less mechanical advantage than road levers so it will take more lever effort to use the road brakes |
| Thanks NM | Jasper
Jul 28, 2003 12:24 PM | | |
| just be warned... | uber-stupid
Jul 29, 2003 6:20 AM | | road frames aren't always friendly to the treatment you would expect a mtb to be able to handle. ie... you may bend, stretch, or break something. |
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