RG> Which part of the brake would you find inferior? The contruction, the
RG> design or the braking power or any other varible.
I was merely pointing out my disgust with the way the "imitation v-brakes" 
are marketed as 'real' v-brakes. There is no distinction made between the 
two. Point being that the unknowing (uninformed) customer in a store, having 
heard about the almighty Shimano v-brakes, goes in, sees a comfortably priced 
bike with "V-Brakes" and thinks he/she has done well...
My opinion is that they have been duped.
I don't recall saying that they were inferior. I might have implied it 
ough.
Have you had the chance to see/try a bike with v-brakes on it?  If you get a 
chance, stop in a store and ask to see them. I think that the only distintion 
made between the real Mccoys and the El-cheapos nowadays is that the real 
ones are called XT or XTR V-brakes and the cheap ones are Alivio or LX 
V-brakes (there are other names for both models but it is late and I am 
getting sleepy)
Bill Arlofski
waa@megahits.com
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... Maybe I'll just say hello, and say, maybe that's all...
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