V brake front or rear?

eddie-<< I just got an Alivio V brake set front and rear. Is
there any way to tell which is front and which is rear?

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If the brake blocks are not the slide in type or no
direction arrows on them, it doesn't matter. if the above is
so, point the arrows forward or the open ends oin the
holders aft. The units themselves are identical.

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bicyclette said:

I just got an Alivio V brake set front and rear. Is there
any way to tell which is front and which is rear? They
both look identical. On the box the only label difference
is one is "BR-MC18 F 22.0 X 1P 2-8GN0100A-39" and the
other is almost the same except has "8GN0200A" instead of
the "8GN0100A" in the second to last position.

The front one has the noodle which is bent back on itself,
and the brake pads need to face in the right direction.
Apart from that I could see no difference between the arms.

bicyclette said:

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I just got an Alivio V brake set front and rear. Is there
any way to tell which is front and which is rear? They
both look identical. On the box the only label difference
is one is "BR-MC18 F 22.0 X 1P 2-8GN0100A-39" and the
other is almost the same except has "8GN0200A" instead of
the "8GN0100A" in the second to last position.

Zog The Undeniable said:

The front one has the noodle which is bent back on itself,

That may be true in markets where right/front brake setup is
common (typically, countries where they drive on the left)
but it isn't universal.

In the U.S. market, the noodles are the same front and rear,
and the only difference is which way the brake shoes are
installed.

They used to come with two noodles, a 90 degree and a 135
degree one, but that's no longer the case.

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and the brake pads need to face in the right
direction. Apart from that I could see no difference
between the arms.

There is no difference.

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Sheldon Brown said:

That may be true in markets where right/front brake setup
is common (typically, countries where they drive on the
left) but it isn't universal

Ah, but do you know why we drive on the left? Have a look at
this gentleman:

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and you can see that he would have to mount his horse on its
left to avoid his sword getting in the way - swords are
always worn on the left side of the body for right-handed
knights because they're easier to draw that way. As you
don't want to stand in the middle of the road (which is
probably an open sewer in 14th century England) you have the
horse on the left side of the road and mount it from the
verge. Having done this, it makes sense to ride on that side
of the road too.

Knights were becoming rare at the time of the American
Revolution, so we can forgive your mistake - but the French
have no excuse ;-)