aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,503
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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I volunteer on Monday nights at a bike coop. We have lots of spare components and parts. If possible, I will compare the Dia Compe and Weinmann calipers and levers. I'm not sure we have them on hand, but it's possible.
And I will make a video of the side-pull centering technique. I might send it to RJ the Bike Guy so he can redo it. If he does that, it will add to his very large collection of useful techniques. I will use one caliper that has centering flats such as the Campagnolo. Most of the time, using that works, especially if you use a star washer. And I will use one caliper that doesn't have centering flats. Lots of people have told me that you can just loosen the fixing nut, move the caliper, and retighten the nut. They are wrong. Sometimes you just need to whack the spring. And I'm not sure, but I think that sometimes whacking the spring doesn't bend the spring but instead turns the center bolt the required amount. It doesn't matter how it works. The important thing is that it does work.