Originally Posted by
Blue_Bulldog
My brakes have been giving me a wicked squeal (again) and a buddy of mine suggested scuffing them up a bit and then cleaning the rim, and letting them sit unhooked/disconnected for a while when it's humid. Dunno if it is gonna work, but I have super bad short term memory issues, and in order to prevent a disaster if I had to go anywhere later today... here's what I had to do:
It'll either be proud of my reminding skills, or think my roommate really sucks at playing pranks.
Who's Leon?
Anyway one of the best things to get into the habit of doing is to do a "brake test" -- simply squeezing both levers to see that brakes feel right -- every time you get on the bike. I've been doing it for 45 years, and it's totally unconscious but I can't count the times it's caught an open caliper release on my road bike, or a disconnected cable on the commuter's canti's.