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Now adjust the cable tension on the brake arm by pulling the cable through the pinch bolt and tightening. You’ll have to play with this adjustment until your brakes feel good. I like to have mine set so that the pads hit the rim when my lever is pulled about 1/4 of the way. Make...
If your brake unit is really stiff or too loose, you’ll have to adjust the main center bolt. Some brakes have two nuts on the front side that turn against each other, while other systems like this one are adjusted by loosening off the back bolt, adjusting the front bolt, and then ti...
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Place your hand over the brakes when riding the bike as if you plan to stop the bicycle. Instead of applying the brakes, feel the two levers that sit right behind the brake lever. Click the shifter lever closest to the brake lever. This lever will usually shift the bike up into a high...
How to Adjust Sidepull Caliper Brakes In this tutorial we’ll learn how to set up your child’s first hand brake. Often the excitement of getting a new bike with a hand brake quickly turns to disappointment when your child tries to use it, only to find the lever is too far from the...
Although Shimano manufactures multiple shifting systems (Dura-Ace, DXR, Deore DX and Ultegra), they all share a common adjustment method. Adjusting the shifting on a bike means that the tension in the cable connecting the shifting mechanism to the rear d
Shimano SPD pedals used to be mainly used only on mountain bikes. However, the smaller cleats (as compared to traditional road bike cleats) are easy to walk in and therefore have become popular for commuters to use on hybrids, touring, and road bikes.
long time and the challenge I'm struggling with is disc brakes rubbing. I learned to gravity bleed the brakes, and in the process I cleaned the bike, the calipers and equipped it with new shimano disc rotors and pads (my dad had uberbike ones, they were a little rusted and I wante....