Interrupters must be V-brake/disk specific

[PATRICK MOORE]

Forgot about that little detail. Thanks.

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[Seth Vidal]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:18 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bert...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forgot about that little detail. Thanks.
>

Good luck. I think the only v-brake interrupters I could find were by paul.

-sv

[Daniel M]

Tektro makes V-brake interruptors. Riv used to sell them, but unfortunately they stopped offering all V-brake equipment entirely recently. I have the interruptors on my Hillborne and they work spectacularly well. They feel jist like shorty mountain bike levers and have more stopping power than the primary levers did with my old canti brakes.

Please someone ex

[Daniel M]

(Continued - arrrrrgh iPhone!) ......explain to me why people prefer cantis to V-brakes. I just don't get it.

Daniel M

[Seth Vidal]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Daniel M <dpma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Tektro makes V-brake interruptors. Riv used to sell them, but unfortunately they stopped offering all V-brake equipment entirely recently. I have the interruptors on my Hillborne and they work spectacularly well. They feel jist like shorty mountain bike levers and have more stopping power than the primary levers did with my old canti brakes.
>

Can you FIND the tektros anymore? I asked at my LBS who couldn't find
anyone who had them available at all.

-sv

[PATRICK MOORE]

Thanks for the info on the Tektros.

As for liking cantis: I am almost entirely incompetent when it comes
to setting up cantilevers: I've never been able to get them to work
properly with road bars, at least anything except the ancient, high
profile Shimaos that came with my (soon to be sold; buyer has put down
a deposit on it) tricycle. These things work fine with original, 20
year old pads. But the best brakes I've used were the Riv installed
IRCs on the Sam Hill I bought from them: as powerful as V brakes (my
standard for grippiness), much better at modulation.

The Mafac cantis I used were useless, both the "regular" model and the
longer armed tandem model: this both with original Mafac levers,
modern Tektro aero levers and with new, salmon pads. Very odd, since
these were, I gather, the standard back in the day.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Daniel M <dpma...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> (Continued - arrrrrgh iPhone!) ......explain to me why people prefer cantis to V-brakes. I just don't get it.
>
> Daniel M
>

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[Brewster Fong]

Huh? You may want to find another LBS!  Tektro "Cyclocross" brake levers are available from a variety of online sources like biketiresdirect:

 

http://www.biketiresdirect.com/product/tektro-cyclocross-brake-levers?utm_campaign=products&utm_source=bestwebbuys

 

QBP list drop bar interrupter "cross" brake levers from 5 different mfrs (OK, tektro and trp are the same, so 4 and 1/2):

 

http://aebike.com/parts-accessories-catalog-qc30/drop-bar-cross-levers-t171.htm

 

You can even get carbon ones:

 

http://aebike.com/product/cane-creek-crosstop-31.8-carbon-cross-levers-sku-br5143-qc30.htm

 

Good Luck!

 

Q-sv

[Seth Vidal]

I don't think any of those will work for V-brakes will they?

I know tektro has the canti ones - but I the v-brake ones?


-sv

[cyclotourist]

I agree, fire your LBS. I had the same problem with mine.

Here are some on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/75n6xqb

I can vouch for the seller. S/he is who I have bought multiple parts from, including several sets of Tektro interrupters!

 

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The Paul interrupter levers work with V and regular brakes.

[Seth Vidal]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 1:15 PM, cyclotourist <cyclot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree, fire your LBS. I had the same problem with mine.
>
> Here are some on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/75n6xqb
>
> I can vouch for the seller. S/he is who I have bought multiple parts from,
> including several sets of Tektro interrupters!
>

now THOSE are v-brake levers. Can you find any normal distributor who has them?

-sv

[Brewster Fong]

Thanks, I'm unclear why these levers will work with cantis, but not v-brakes?! When I had a cross bike, I used cantis with my Campy ergos and it almost worked - too much chattering/shuttering when braking with the front fork. When I switched to a front v-brake, which was the cheapie tektro 926al version, it was amazing how well it worked! I still used a canti in the rear.

 

I suppose that if the canti cross lever won't work with a v-brake, you could just use a bmx lever like this one:

 

http://www.tektro.com/_english/01_products/01_prodetail.php?pid=83&sortname=Lever&sort=1&fid=3

 

or this:

 

http://www.tektro.com/_english/01_products/01_prodetail.php?pid=86&sortname=Lever&sort=1&fid=3

 

Good Luck!

 

-sv

[Seth Vidal]

> Thanks, I'm unclear why these levers will work with cantis, but not
> v-brakes?! When I had a cross bike, I used cantis with my Campy ergos and it
> almost worked - too much chattering/shuttering when braking with the front
> fork. When I switched to a front v-brake, which was the cheapie tektro 926al
> version, it was amazing how well it worked! I still used a canti in the
> rear.
>
> I suppose that if the canti cross lever won't work with a v-brake, you could
> just use a bmx lever like this one:

The amount of cable it pulls. That's the difference.

-sv

[Peter Pesce]

I bought some Tektro RX6 v-brakes from that seller. They were good to deal with.
The brakes appeared new, but came in a clear plastic bag, not a Tektro box, so I think this seller might have some source for OEM parts or other bulk purchases. The RX6's are not available from any other source in the US as far I could find, even though they are listed on the Tektro US website.

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