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wirewheel:

dont touch a dia-compe ad990

 the brake blocks are beyond frustrating to set up, possible but a pain. the hombre is the one for the money. tektro are really good brake too for the money i nicked a tektro u brake off a magna screamer (a horrible jjb attempt of a bmx) and it was really good and gold. the best u brake is debatable as set up right they all should work really well.
i have an old shimano u brake that is self centering.
 in the early 90s all you could get was 990s or a shimano if you could find one, i was lucky
good luck with the set up if you dont get how to set the springs get someone who knows to show you

TEXASPETE:
Cheers for all you’re replies…

cheers sanmarcopizza I had a look at my v-brakes on my mtb and scratched my head for a bit wondering if they’d fit LOL :D …  yeah had another mess around with them last night, roughed up the surface on the wheel like silentpartner said, I think the black surface was stopping the pads from griping… so that helped a bit…  but the best improvement was putting some mtb pads on, just a set I had knocking around.. it made a huge difference.. so that’s another question what pads do you lot all go for?

Wirewheel.. what do the springs adjust? Ive not seen any spring adjustments on them?

O yeah I’ll try toeing them in tonight as well..


Pete
 :D :D

oberonspacefruit:
yeah, what pads do people recommend?



here is a pic of an eveolver seein as i have it copied already....

TEXASPETE:
So are they evolver pads as well as the evolver brakes? 

Sanmarcopizza:
Evolvers come with a set, and the pads are good. You can buy them aftermarket, think they are 2x4 & 4x4's. The 4's are for fat rim sections.

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