hydraulic v-brakes

[big.eck]

anyone ever used them ?

i need to swap the levers to make the right lever the front one and vice-versa , but can't figure out how to bleed them ? theres no nipple so i'm stuck.....

any help/advice is appreciated thanks......

Edited by big.eck on Thursday 15th January 17:12

[neil_bolton]

Eh? No such thing matey.

There's hydrulic Magura calipers, but no hydrulic V's.

Unless I've missed something in the last 15 years.

[big.eck]

neil_bolton said:

Eh? No such thing matey.

There's hydrulic Magura calipers, but no hydrulic V's.

Unless I've missed something in the last 15 years.

well you've missed something then.................



i just won them off ebay , they work well but i like the levers the right way.....

they are starbike mt7 hydraulic v-brakes...

Edited by big.eck on Thursday 15th January 18:44

[sjg]

You spent 30 quid on those? Yikes.

[vwsurfbum]

no idea but they look cool! well done, good find.

[big.eck]

sjg said:

You spent 30 quid on those? Yikes.

aye , they are like brand new , theres 1 tiny scratch on 1 of the levers and there was a missing part where it mounts but i have a replacement lol .

[neil_bolton]

Crikey, rather you than me...

I think they're possibly one of those "Possibly a good idea but not really, because we were all a bit pissed up down the pub" ideas.

Just get some proper disc brakes and be done with it.

[vz-r_dave]

neil_bolton said:

Crikey, rather you than me...

I think they're possibly one of those "Possibly a good idea but not really, because we were all a bit pissed up down the pub" ideas.

Just get some proper disc brakes and be done with it.

cool all the same, i never knew they exisited

[neil_bolton]

vz-r_dave said:

neil_bolton said:

Crikey, rather you than me...

I think they're possibly one of those "Possibly a good idea but not really, because we were all a bit pissed up down the pub" ideas.

Just get some proper disc brakes and be done with it.

cool all the same, i never knew they exisited

Me too. Along with Bamboo frames

[RobDickinson]

I guess if you dont have disk mounts.....?

[WildCards]

vwsurfbum said:

no idea but they look cool! well done, good find.

+1

[mat205125]

neil_bolton said:

Just get some proper disc brakes and be done with it.

I understand where you are coming from, however that advice could (depending on the OP's bike) mean:

Buy discs, pads, levers, hoses and calipers (or kits of course),
fk, need new hubs, and therefore then also get the wheels rebuilt.
Double fk, need new forks to take the caliper mount.
Cluster fk, need new frame to take the rear caliper mount.

Fair play to you if you can do that for £30

[vz-r_dave]

mat205125 said:

neil_bolton said:

Just get some proper disc brakes and be done with it.

I understand where you are coming from, however that advice could (depending on the OP's bike) mean:

Buy discs, pads, levers, hoses and calipers (or kits of course),
fk, need new hubs, and therefore then also get the wheels rebuilt.
Double fk, need new forks to take the caliper mount.
Cluster fk, need new frame to take the rear caliper mount.

Fair play to you if you can do that for £30

Cluster fk haha havent heard that one for ever.

[neil_bolton]

mat205125 said:

neil_bolton said:

Just get some proper disc brakes and be done with it.

I understand where you are coming from, however that advice could (depending on the OP's bike) mean:

Buy discs, pads, levers, hoses and calipers (or kits of course),
fk, need new hubs, and therefore then also get the wheels rebuilt.
Double fk, need new forks to take the caliper mount.
Cluster fk, need new frame to take the rear caliper mount.

Fair play to you if you can do that for £30

True, but god help this guy should he need any parts for his bargain

[mat205125]

vz-r_dave said:

Cluster fk haha havent heard that one for ever.

Nor had I until we went to watch Burn After Reading in the cinema before Xmas.

Use it whenever appropriate, yet sparingly now

[snotrag]

To buy those, you have to be mental. Especially when Magura HS33's are available so cheap!

Do you know what fluid they take? Dot or Mineral? If you get it wrong there fked, and you wont get seals for them!

[big.eck]

snotrag said:

To buy those, you have to be mental. Especially when Magura HS33's are available so cheap!

Do you know what fluid they take? Dot or Mineral? If you get it wrong there fked, and you wont get seals for them!

they take mineral oil , shimano hoses and magura pads .

i took the brakes apart today and found the seals are just rubber "o"rings which i have a dozen or so the same size , so no worries there then.

i have a couple of bikes with hope brakes/hayes hfx9 brakes , i just thought they looked cool and wanted to be a bit diffrent.......

it's not the top names that i always want , just cool looking's good enough for me...

[pdV6]

Can't see the point myself. The only benefit is that you don't have a cable to stretch. I don't see that they're actually going to be any better as brakes than a standard set of cable-operated V's.

[big.eck]

neil_bolton said:

mat205125 said:

neil_bolton said:

Just get some proper disc brakes and be done with it.

I understand where you are coming from, however that advice could (depending on the OP's bike) mean:

Buy discs, pads, levers, hoses and calipers (or kits of course),
fk, need new hubs, and therefore then also get the wheels rebuilt.
Double fk, need new forks to take the caliper mount.
Cluster fk, need new frame to take the rear caliper mount.

Fair play to you if you can do that for £30

True, but god help this guy should he need any parts for his bargain

i've not got any issues with throwing them in the bin if that was the case.....

[big.eck]

RobDickinson said:

I guess if you dont have disk mounts.....?

i'm building an old saracen delta box xc bike which is yellow/red forks and soon will have these orange brakes , it has mounts but i think these will look cool.........

Edited by big.eck on Friday 16th January 16:23