Are V Brakes front/rear specific?

[Silvergoat]

Re:

Coat hanger technology – those white coated wire hangers from the dry cleaners make excellent straddle cables and offer a multitude of other uses too.

 

[WD Pro]

I have a 90 on the front and a custom bent / tight 135 on the back - both fit really well

WD

 

[Mike Muz]

Ride backwards dammit!

Ignore the different shaped noodles. There are no front and rear specific - Cytech training seems to have enforced this myth, just fit what suits the frame and angles for the smoothest route.

Smoothest route ? That'll be left/front then . Like all my bikes

 

[WD Pro]

and mine ... ;-)

WD

 

[spike3]

I always have the front brake on the left lever, routing the front brake to the right lever just doesn't look correct to me.

 

[IanS62]

Ride backwards dammit!

Ignore the different shaped noodles. There are no front and rear specific - Cytech training seems to have enforced this myth, just fit what suits the frame and angles for the smoothest route.

Not true. Shimano, for instance, specify a 135 degree lead pipe (that's as in Leeds, not lead as in metal!) for the front brake and 90 for the rear, because in the UK by law we have the front brake lever on the right, and the 135 gives a better cable entry angle. 90 is sufficient for the rear. Ex-pro bike mechanic, so I know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Sometimes

 

[WD Pro]

OK

But a 135 suits the back of my bike way better and it's not bothered which lever it runs to on the front

And that's from a non pro bike mechanic ... ;-)

WD

 

[IanS62]

If a 135 suits your bike better than a 90 then you are either riding a Titan or have some other bizarre frame geometry

 

[WD Pro]

OK

WD

 

[The History Man]

Or right to left at the seat tube?