Recent content by gag4o

I mean short to V brake (long)

Isn't the travel agent supposed to be long to short pull?

I did see few sets for sale recent month but I have heard they are not very reliable and stop on their own. They look good though Still this is beyond the point which was to be able to have the cheapest crappiest $7 cantilevers be able to stop. I can put Paul or something good and never need...

I have seen al those and I do have aluminum bike that the V brakes easily "stretching" and it is visible. HOWEVER this is steel frame and the flex is non visible at all. It may happen if I find a cheap used booster, they are all overpriced for me

Growing up in the 90s and early 2000s every normal 26" MTB and most lesser MTBs had terrible brakes - those cheap Diamonbacks and unknown eastern european bike brands that I rode. Rusted cables, worn out noisy pads etc I had to pull the lever so hard to barely slow down and most of the times I...

This is amazingly hilariosly good. I always wanted to have a quattro bike since I had C4 S6 and a Cabriolet now.Once I Almost put a quattro sticker on my Specialized Crux. Made my day

My bike will most likely never see any trail. At the most will conquer the lawn on the front of the house :LOL:

The Girvin fork looks better than it rides. Looks is why I got the bike. + I installed new elastomers on the front and they are little too soft, next time I will pick the harder option. They had option for up to 190lbs or 190+. I am right about 190 and it is so soft that I need to be 100lbs to...

New here. Recently I started riding again after 10 years break. My son learned how to ride without helper wheels. So beside my newer bike I started looking for some bikes that I could never buy when I was kid growing up in the 90s. Day 1 of looking - $125 Proflex 40 mins away. They owner told me...