Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Regarding fitting V brakes on a large fender over a large tire, this might help.
Using that information, I bought the Tektro 857AL brake for my bike (not an Atlantas) because of the long 110mm arm length. My fender is 65mm wide and I often have 57mm wide tires on the bike.
Do I understand correctly that the longer the arm the less the cable needs to travel to engage the brakes?