XT V Brake front or rear

Steve Walford said:

Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers specify the item
they are selling as specificaly for front or rear, other sellers
state the item they are selling is for either.

Isn't it something really silly, like the way the pads are mounted?

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Steve Walford said:

Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers specify the item
they are selling as specificaly for front or rear, other sellers
state the item they are selling is for either.

Isn't it something really silly, like the way the pads are mounted?

The thieves who steal the bikes and strip them to sell the parts on eBay
probably don't know that you can reconfigure them to fit front or back.
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Steve Walford said:

Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers specify the item
they are selling as specificaly for front or rear, other sellers
state the item they are selling is for either.

Are they specific or will they fit front or rear

Hope I've worded my query so all can understand

What's got to be altered to make rear's work as fronts? Just fit a set of
pads the right as opposed to wrong way round? I've got a back LX V-brake I
bought for 2/10ths of bugger all....

Steve Walford said:

Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers specify the item
they are selling as specificaly for front or rear, other sellers
state the item they are selling is for either.

Are they specific or will they fit front or rear

Hope I've worded my query so all can understand

many Thanks

Steve

Is it related to the brake lever by any chance - the levers are side of the
handlebar specific

Tony

Steve Walford said:

Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers specify the item
they are selling as specificaly for front or rear, other sellers
state the item they are selling is for either.

Are they specific or will they fit front or rear

Hope I've worded my query so all can understand

The front ones (as sold for the UK) have a noodle that is bent back on
itself.

Thanks for the info,

Most of the shops have them listed as front or rear specific and list
them with seperate part numbers

Am I being naive or do other readers of the group have the general
concensus that a lot of the cycling gear on ebay is stolen?

I've got to be truthfull it's something I never gave much thought toOn
Thu, 27 May 2004 21:25:43 +0100, Steve Walford

Quoted message said:

Looking on ebay for some XT V brakes, some sellers specify the item
they are selling as specificaly for front or rear, other sellers
state the item they are selling is for either.

Are they specific or will they fit front or rear

Hope I've worded my query so all can understand

many Thanks

Steve

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Thanks for the info,

Most of the shops have them listed as front or rear specific and list
them with seperate part numbers

Am I being naive or do other readers of the group have the general
concensus that a lot of the cycling gear on ebay is stolen?

No consensus, I suspect, but the stolen parts go somewhere, and eBay is now the
easiest place to sell the stuff to someone far away, no questions asked.

Quoted message said:

I've got to be truthfull it's something I never gave much thought to.

Well, the profit margin goes up as the cost of stock goes down, so if the latter
is zero, then....
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Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen