Shimano Deore BR-T610 V-Brakes

Treat yourself to these, the best Shimano V Brakes available. Unlike those off-brand brakes on your bike now, these come with their own bushings and replaceable shoes.The bushings need some explaining. Lesser V Brakes and cantilevers use the brake boss as the bushing, this means there is always a bit of fettling involved. These don't do that, they have their own bushing and therefore, if you put them on tight, they still have the spring tension they are designed to have.The replaceable shoes mean you can set them up once, getting the toe-in right. You can then replace the shoes,, even with after-market ones, knowing the toe in will be how you set it up the first time. This means no squeal or shudder.Do clean your wheels before putting these on, also true up your wheels. Also put fresh cables in, buying the best you can, Shimano or Jagwire.There is no difference between front and rear, just the orientation of the brake shoes. If stock of front or rear V Brakes is a problem, you can put fronts on the back or vice-versa. Just swap the shoes.The noodle can also be bent if you have a rear rack or anything else in the way of a clear cable run. Just use two pairs of pliers and don't crush the noodle.There is no nook to tuck the extra cable into which I was disappointed by. So only 5 rather than 11 stars due to that minor detail.A final thing - don't throw yourself over the bars due to your brakes actually working! Having brakes that work can require getting used to. That said, the modulation with these brakes and top quality cables is amazing, such a nice feel. Go get 'em - you deserve it!

I bought this because the V brake height adjust barrel was shredded on my 2nd hand bike and the brake was kissing the tyre not the rim, fortunately, the whole brake arm could be removed and changed by this one.First of all, this brake set looks nice, it's a clean matt black finish which looks like it will be easy to clean and stay clean for longer. It was very easy to install without instructions and quick to adjust. One observation I had was that the brake alignments were completely out of whack, and required some significant adjustment of the alignment screws in order to get it braking symmetrically.On riding, I immediately noticed an improvement, the braking was much more responsive. Well worth the money.

Not impressed! If hadn't used already would return both sets asap!! Reasons why. They don't sit flush on the pegs meaning the pin part just! Sits in the hole. The other and main reason is, the spring bar that helps spring breaks back literally just touches the support part. So every time I pull the breaks they unspring leaving me breakless!!!! Twice now I've almost had an accident! So now sit in cupboard till I can work out how to amend them! I will, if possible, add a few pictures. They are NOT! Safe!

I 26 inch mtb, these brakes are much more powerful than my stock brakes - cause the back to slide or skid ( if you did an emergency stop). I dont get any issue with noise especially in the wet.If you replace back with these brakes you need to replace the fronts with something similar power. If had known i would bought the shimano brakes for front as well.

Bought this to replace a tired, slightly bent front Tektro unit which came on a secondhand Islabike.It was straight forward to fit and adjust and after a day or so of initial bedding in, my son reported the brake felt "alot stoppier" :)