Originally Posted by
Trevtassie
Hmmmm, this is why I have mechanicals, so I don't have to worry about spacers, hoses or anything. The pad springs should keep the pads in place and if the piston(s) were in any danger of popping out if a lever was depressed it'd only be because the brakes needed a massive amount of adjustment anyway. The only thing I care about are the discs, I always take them off any wheel I have to remove and tape them to the inside of the box.. Otherwise, it's ZFG.
Trev, first of all, I agree with your view of mechanical and the no worry of this and that.
Second I laughed when I had to look up zfg
But thirdly, I still think it's worth putting in some spacer when boxing a bike for a flight, especially with drop bars and like the situation I described, where the bars probably shifted in transit and the front brake lever got pushed vey hard, pushing the front piston out on my bb7.