Originally Posted by
Schweinhund
V-brake is a generic term, not unlike whiteout or freetos or zip ties or anything else like them.
I don't give a damn if you're skeptical of anything.
But it's not though V-Brakes are a trademark of Shimano:
https://trademarks.justia.com/747/19...-74719391.html
Wite-out:
https://trademarks.justia.com/724/50/wite-72450352.html
Fritos:
https://trademarks.justia.com/715/30...-71530491.html
There is no need to be skeptical there are the trademarks that have been legally filed and awarded. I mean it is literally called the Frito-Lay Company. I get that some people have decided that they are generic names but they are still registered trademarks of their respective companies meaning they are not generic.
They are linear pull brakes or direct pull cantilever brakes unless made by Shimano or licensed by Shimano and then they are still linear pull brakes but they have the Shimano trademark of V-Brakes which again is still registered and renewed since 4/29/1997.
Not really sure why anyone has to doubt this (and not just you) the information took me only the time it took to type "are V-BRAKES a shimano trademark" and the second link on google got me the info in about .41 seconds.
Plus if anything were a v-shaped brake it would be cantilevers as they do kind of form a "V" shape. Direct pull brakes are more of a squared off U shape or box shaped sort of deal