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Replacing front V-brake due to broken spring

Hi all

I'm not a bike person so excuse me if this is a blindingly obvious question - but my old man bought a folding bike a while back after a motoring accident to help him get moving again, but ended up buying himself a more suitable bike and basically not touching the folding one. I won't go into details of models and parts etc as it's a generic one.

He's asked me to flog it for him, and I notice that the front brake is stuck on, on one side. I unhooked the cable and noticed that there's no spring-back at all, it's just sort of floppy.

Am I right in thinking I should just get a new front brake? Do they tend to come in loads of different sizes or can I just get a general v-brake, unbolt the old, bolt on the new, adjust, and we're away?

Something like this perhaps? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-V-BR...item2565cfac8d

Pics for clarity, cheers
Matt


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