Originally Posted by
Jeff Neese
It's about the amount of pull at the lever, and matching that to the brakes. It's the cable pull and mechanical advantage (leverage).
What I was clarifying is that it has nothing to do with the physical orientation, horizontal or vertical, of the cable with regard to the brakes.
No. How much or how little cable the lever pulls is not the reason why V-brakes are called "linear pull" brakes. It's the physical orientation of the cable down at the actual V-brake arms. The only thing you clarified is just how deeply confused you are about the icon of simplicity that is the good old V-brake.