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When I worked at a Canadian Tire store we sold a lot of mountain bikes that had cantilever brakes. Those were early model cantilevers that stuck straight out from the frame. They also were quite tricky to adjust for toe-in so as to not squeal. One of the fellows working on assembling the bikes was quite excited and told us that he'd figured out a way to easily stop that squealing. Yep, he sprayed WD-40 on the rims. What a job it was having to take each and every MTB and clean the rims so that the brakes would work. That guy eventually got himself fired.
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