Adjusting rim brake spacing for wear? (cantilever)
03-12-24, 08:51 PM
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A really good reason to tighten the cable as needed is exactly because it makes the cable a bit older. So after a couple of adjusts, you get tired of it and replace it. Why is this good? Because if you keep that end in showroom new condition, say for the next ten years, what happens? That cable snaps in a panic stop at the brake lever where you have never looked. (In fact, on many cabling systems, you cannot see that lever entry without loosening that cable clamp at the caliper.)
Brake cables are cheap. Crashes from broken cables often are not.
Baa ... Old thread. Guilty again.
Brake cables are cheap. Crashes from broken cables often are not.
Baa ... Old thread. Guilty again.
