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DMF

06-28-07, 04:04 PM

http://home.mindspring.com/~dforcier/biketool%203.jpg

Looks like a grabber for cantilever brake arms to me. How is it used?

(Pardon the pic. It's off a scanner.)

Retro Grouch

06-28-07, 04:08 PM

It's a third hand.

It's purpose is to hold your brake pads closed against the rim while you tighten the brake cable.

DMF

06-28-07, 04:22 PM

Thanks. One more thing.

As the lower handle wire crosses the inner "grabber", it turns - heading into the picture - around the vertical wire then comes back toward the handle at 45°* and forms a hook. (Sorry, can't photograph it.) Does that serve a particular purpose?