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?

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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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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Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen

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Quoted message said:

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