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Old 06-02-11, 01:14 AM
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neocaligatio
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Originally Posted by cody23ff
Now that I have had the bike for a few hours ive found some great things and some bad things. most of what I thought was rust seems to just be where the paint has been chipped away. there is a quite large bend or dent on the right part of the chainstay which can maybe be seen in the bottom right corner pic if you look close enough(hopefully and easy repair). and when attempting to adjust the brakes I have found that im probably going to need new brakes because no matter how much I adjust them they never provide enough pressure for reliable stopping power or I am completely incompetent at adjusting cantilever brakes, its probably the latter
I had similar problems with older bikes - new pads will work wonders. I've just switched to Koolstop Continentals at the recommendation of just about everyone on the forums and the stopping power is much improved.
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