aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,503
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I knew a mechanic who said the cure is to oil the rims. Of course, I didn't take that seriously. Many years later, I was working on a neighborhood kid's bike shaped object (BSO), i.e. bike from a department store, and I couldn't get the squeal out. I oiled the rims. It worked, and braking power was not reduced. So as a last resort...