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Old 10-05-12, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Ciwan
Thanks for the link, I bought one of each. I will do it myself. It can't be as hard as taking off the back wheel of the Brompton which I managed to do myself, cause I had a puncture.
Be happy that this happened to the rear brake since it is far far far less important than the front brake.

You might consider doing some simple reading about caliper brakes. I always recommend Sheldon ...

http://sheldonbrown.com/calipers.html

Modern caliper brakes, IMO, are pretty easy to adjust. There are some simple ways to get the pads toed in appropriately.

Good luck!
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