those are very long - make sense Grand would spec them. My daughter's cookie-cutter upright has stock Tektro v-brakes with 11cm arms - it clears 50mm SKS fenders with 42mm Soma SV by more than a cm.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 8:36:04 PM UTC-6, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > I think this came up not long ago on the iBoB list. Not all V brakes are > created equally when it comes to clearance. I found a helpful list on > gravelbike: > > http://www.gravelbike.com/v-brake-arm-lengths/ > > The stock Tektros on my Clementine cleared a 2 inch tire with fender no > problem. > > > > > On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 7:17:20 AM UTC-5, Eric Daume wrote: >> >> Different experiences, Steve. I've used V brakes since the Shimano >> introduced them in '96, and I have zero complaints for their modulation. I >> will admit they can make fenders over big tires challenging. >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 01/10/2017 07:13 PM, Eric Daume wrote: >>> >>>> I'll say, V brakes are the ones that don't seem to get any respect. >>>> Cantis still have some cool factor from the 'cross crowd, but V brake seem >>>> mostly relegated to cheap hybrids. But if you look at power, cost, weight, >>>> modulation, and set up ease, I think V's would at least get a podium >>>> finish >>>> in every category. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> A prize for modulation? They give prizes for not having any? In my - >>> admittedly limited - experience, V brakes have all the modulation of an >>> electric light switch and all the simplicity of the binary numbering >>> system: ON and OFF with nothing in between. Then, there's butt ugly, >>> incompatible with standard brake levers and integrated brake/shift levers >>> and interference with fenders to add to their "charms." >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
