Who has success with any v-brake boosters? I just bought a pair of AC brake boosters but haven't installed them yet.
Brake Boosters
- Thread starter umberto
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I had to put one on the rear of my old '94 Kona Lava Dome. When I upgraded from cantilever to v-brake, the seat stays were so thin that they would flex by simply sqeezing the brake lever. I couldn't lock up my rear brake no matter how hard I tried. I put a Salsa booster on and it fixed that problem right away. I still have it on there:
i don't have a horrible problem with flex but it is there
I want to see if adding the brake booster and upgrading to come kool-stop pads with help when i take my xc bike down technical downhill lol
I want to see if adding the brake booster and upgrading to come kool-stop pads with help when i take my xc bike down technical downhill lol
1. Buy the pads, but don't put them onumberto said:
2. Ride technical downhill
3. Put just pads on
4. Ride same downhill
5. Remove pads and put on boosters
6. Ride same downhill
7. Leave boosters on and put pads back on
8. Ride same downhill
9. Report back
oh next time i'm going out again is in a couple weeks with a group but for sure I'll let you know how i like it
Why'd you switch back?zahgurim said:
If I ever get around to upgrading my old 94 Kona hardtail I'll have to stick with V. Unless I get a new fork and in that case, I'll put a disc on the front.
I've been off XC bikeys for that long, doing the gravity fed thing. Just built a new ti XC frame up, and it has post mounts.
Chee-sus, she's fast. After pushing 40-45 lb pigs around, I'm a rocket on this thing. Should be, it's about 20 lbs lighter!
Chee-sus, she's fast. After pushing 40-45 lb pigs around, I'm a rocket on this thing. Should be, it's about 20 lbs lighter!
I am considering putting a booster on the front of my xc bike. I can see the posts on the fork flex when i brake hard. Makes me wonder why I even switched back to Rim brakes. I wanted some weight savings, but with a booster, it will weigh almost as much as my old bb7s.
Any advice on a strong but light booster?
Any advice on a strong but light booster?
well at least it isn't roational weight like a disk, gotmyged
my ac brake booster is STRONG but it really doesn't way too much, it's machined aluminum
my ac brake booster is STRONG but it really doesn't way too much, it's machined aluminum
yea this little piece really helped braking, I can do stoppies no problem and my forearms are thankful on the long downhills