aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,506
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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A friend came by to learn how to put a new chain on his bike. He asked me to look at the brakes, too, and they were binding. These were modern dual-pivot calipers, and they were not returning to resting position, so the brake pads were dragging on the rims. I oiled all the pivot points in the calipers, and it "sprang" back to life. I also trued his wheels a little.
Then we went for a ride up a big hill, for fun.