Assembly and adjustment of V-brakes

Follow these steps

Step 1: Place the brake cabels in the brake leaver/handle 

Step 2: Mount the cabels on the V-brake arms  

  • Electric cargo bike: Both front brake cables are lead through the hole in the handlebar. Both cables are lead through the 2-towing eyelet on the left side of the backplate and the right brake cable is lead through the one towing eyelet on the bottom of the backplate 
  • Standard cargo bike: Both front brake cables fare lead behind the horizontal cable holder, through the 2 towing eyelets at the left of the backplate and the right brake cable is lead through the one towing eyelet down at the bottom of the backplate 

Step 3: Make sure that the brake pads are direct on the wheel rim 

Step 4: Tighten the screws on the side of the brake arm and adjust the Phillips screw on the side of the brake arms to a point where the 2 brake arms have the same amount of ”spring” / are equally hard to press against the rim 

Step 5: Loosen the allen screw, where the cable is to go 

Step 6: Insert the cable through the aluminum bow and the V-breaks holders. Give a ½ mm slip, so that the brake pads almost touch the rim on both sides –then adjust the allen screw – then tighten the allen screw 

Step 7: Check that the front brakes are braking equally with both brake arm => the bike is staying straight when you brake on the front brakes 

Step 8: Check that the break arms on each side of the rim are moving equally much when you use the brake leavers + that the wheel moves freely when it is put to motion  

Step 9: If that´s not the case, adjust the screws (adjusted out in the brake arm which has the most movement) or the wire is loosened a bit more 

Step 10: Take a test run on the cargo bike and fine tune the brakes on the screws on the brake leaver/handle