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Munnyella:
Have you got enough pull on the lever?, V brakes dont work well with old school  levers (tech 3/4) as they don't pull enough cable ( well, mine didn't anyway!)

Pics would really help

john4130:
does the forks have a hole where you would mount a caliper brake? if so you could use a canti brake and a normal lever. you usually need a v brake lever for v brakes for them to work right. i have a set of gsport prong forks that used a canti brake, i ended up drilling a hole in the forks to fit a boa brake because the canti brake just locked up when you pulled it. here's how it looks set up with a canti brake.

squigly:
I think there may be some misunderstanding....

V- brakes are not all center pull ! the ones i have are linear pull brakes, pretty common on mid-new school stuff less so on old school, similar looking to these...




The levers are matched to the calipers so the levers are 'presumed' correct but i will double check, thanks for the ideas of where to look. I'll grab a pic when i can.

 

squigly:

--- Quote from: VOIVOD on April 12, 2011, 12:52 PM --- :) Strange for sure-not too many V-brakes ran on the front at all...
First off,are the locating pins inserted in the top hole of the lugs & is there plenty of tension when you push the arms in? V-brakes work best when the cable is straight so running a Potts mod isn`t ideal.Make sure the cable is well lubed & try Kool Stop BMX or sticky type pads rather than buying new rims.

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One Pin was out of place and the whole set up was adjusted by a blind monkey probably, good call !

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