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- The Brake Pads
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- Look at the brake pads. If
- they are not new-looking replace
- them with good quality pads. The
- most expensive ones work best.
- (Sorry about that!) The single
- most effective improvement in a
- poor bicycle braking system is to
- put on the best brake pads you can
- get.
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- DIAGNOSING BRAKE PROBLEMS
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- The most common brake problem
- is "the stickies", where the brake
- does not open well after being
- squeezed.
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- Apply the brake, not from the
- hand lever, but by squeezing the
- caliper itself. If it opens well,
- the problem is not in the caliper.
- Squeeze the brake caliper again
- and with your other hand squeeze
- the brake hand lever. Let go of
- the hand lever, but not the brake
- caliper. Can you move the hand
- lever easily? If so the problem is
- in the cable.
- If the brake lever is stiff,
- disconnect the cable to be sure
- the problem is isolated in the
- hand lever. A stiff hand lever can
- sometimes be fixed by applying
- careful pressure laterally, to
- free up the pivot. Oil sometimes
- helps and never hurts.
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