Can i run V brakes on RC35's

[nporternz]

Due to the canti hanger being removed from my prestige :cry:

I have to run V brakes now but can i run them on Rc35's

 

[JeRkY]

yes

 

[nporternz]

Cheers Jerky!

do i just bypass the noodle thing on the rear of the arch or do i have to remove it?

 

[JeRkY]

You mean the canti rocker?

if so yeah remove it, or by pass it. You just need to mount the V's then use a suitable noodle (the curved metal tubes that come with V brakes) to guide the cable out from under the frame.

I'll grab a pick of my setup at some point over the weekend if you get stuck.

Oh, also Ive replied to your wanted post, Ive got 2 wheels of XT v brakes M739's earliest XT V's I believe, from 96/97 iirc.

They are advertised in my big sales thread in the sales forum (i think at £25 the lot.)

 

[cherrybomb]

Watch the XT Vs with RC35 forks. They won't fit the MXCs cos the return spring doo dad on the arm hits the fork brace.

I fitted Avid Single Digits to mine in the end and they work great with a little fettling.

So the moral is.........yes V's will work but not all of them, they have to be reasonably low profile arms that stand a long way out from the fork leg when mounted (which is exactly what XTs ain't!).

 

[JeRkY]

ooh thanks for the heads up, nportenz I'll try the brakes out on my RC35 AB's and see how they look. (my marin has old M600's on the RC35's I couldnt afford the XT at the time I just assumed the Xt's would fit. )

Which RC35 are you running?

 

[cherrybomb]

Xts should work on the earlier 35s with a single brace at the back like the ABs, but you might have to run the brakes on the front of the fork.

 

[nporternz]

hey guys

i'm running the rc35 ab i believe - it has the rear arch that looks like one piece of tubular steel bent into a u shape and not the machined one

 

[JeRkY]

I have a set of both the machined arch and the tubular arch ones, I'll mount them up at some point over the weekend and report back.

 

[South Bound]

Is it possible to move the brake mounts to the front of the fork on those very early models? Only asking as I would like to get a pair, but prefer my brakes in front, out of most of the mud and always wondered if you could?