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Check the Brakes
❶ After adjusting the brake, squeeze the brake lever as hard as
you can several times and re-inspect the brake pads,
centering and brake lever travel. If the brake pads are no
longer square to the rim, repeat brake pad adjustments.
Figure 4.14
❷ Be sure that brake pads return to a centered position by
spinning the wheel and listening for the brake pad rubbing
the rim on either side. Re-adjust as needed.
❸ Check that the brake cable tension allows the brake lever
about 1/3 of the travel before the brake pads contact the
rim. If the cable has stretched or slipped, re-adjust the brake
cable tension by loosening cable anchor bolt and pulling
more cable through the anchor or use brake adjustment
barrels for fine tuning brake cable tension.
Brake is correctly adjusted when:
• The brake pads do not drag on the rim when the brake is
open. Figure 4.15
• Both brake pads move away from the rim equally when the
brake is released.
• When the brake is applied, the brake pads contact the rim
before the brake lever reaches about 1/3 of the way to the
handlebar.
1
1/3 distance to
handlebar
Equal space
between brake
pad and the rim
on both sides
Brake pads
Wheel rim
Adjustments 4
Figure 4.14
Figure 4.15
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