Brake Thingies. Or Something. What?
01-20-15, 08:13 PM
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Brake Thingies. Or Something. What?
What the heck are these things?
Spoke protectors for my brakes? Tire guides for quick-change excellence? Rubber band hooks so you can apply a parking brake without using the lever?
Do please enlighten me.
Spoke protectors for my brakes? Tire guides for quick-change excellence? Rubber band hooks so you can apply a parking brake without using the lever?
Do please enlighten me.
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01-20-15, 08:20 PM
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Tire guides. They help direct the wheel between the calipers when changing a wheel.
01-20-15, 08:22 PM
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Awesome. Figured it was one of the comical three I offered up. Seems kind of ... unnecessary and frivolous, doesn't it?
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01-20-15, 08:27 PM
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Yeah, but I like the way they look on a nice set of Campy brakes.
01-20-15, 08:38 PM
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I've also used them to quickly reach down and center the caliper if it wanders while riding.
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Essential for those quick wheel changes from one's support crew during races!.....
01-20-15, 09:49 PM
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01-21-15, 01:14 AM
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I have a set of 600 Arabesque calipers that came with the wire ones, too. First time I'd seen those.
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01-21-15, 06:10 AM
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I love the CPSC ordered rubber covers on those things. The government was really doing a great job of protecting us. Just imagine what those things would do in a crash. There you are sliding down the road at 25 mph, leaving massive amounts of bare skin on the asphalt. If one of those touched you...well...it would touch you. Awful to think about.
01-21-15, 08:12 AM
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I love the CPSC ordered rubber covers on those things. The government was really doing a great job of protecting us. Just imagine what those things would do in a crash. There you are sliding down the road at 25 mph, leaving massive amounts of bare skin on the asphalt. If one of those touched you...well...it would touch you. Awful to think about.
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01-21-15, 08:15 AM
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I used to think those things were pretty rad till I crushed one with the tire while putting the wheel in. Little hamfisted, I know, but it made me wonder what the real point was.
01-21-15, 08:47 AM
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Must have taken quite a bit of an impact from a wheel to crush one.....unless it might have been one made of aluminum, which indeed doesn't make any sense.....
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Another little appendage on the long list of items usually removed....
Tire guides, plastic freewheel spoke protector, plastic reflectors on the wheels, other reflectors on seat fork pedals, wheel clips, chain guard, kickstand...
Let's not forget the TRAINING WHEELS!!!
Sometimes I can understand the philosophy of the stripped down Fixy...
Tire guides, plastic freewheel spoke protector, plastic reflectors on the wheels, other reflectors on seat fork pedals, wheel clips, chain guard, kickstand...
Let's not forget the TRAINING WHEELS!!!
Sometimes I can understand the philosophy of the stripped down Fixy...
01-21-15, 10:02 AM
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It was cheap aluminum, on a Dia-compe set. Just banged right into it and folded it. I gather it was put on to make cheaper calipers appear to be higher end.
01-21-15, 12:22 PM
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hahahaha
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01-21-15, 01:38 PM
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I love the CPSC ordered rubber covers on those things. The government was really doing a great job of protecting us. Just imagine what those things would do in a crash. There you are sliding down the road at 25 mph, leaving massive amounts of bare skin on the asphalt. If one of those touched you...well...it would touch you. Awful to think about.
01-21-15, 02:10 PM
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Actually quite Un Necessary As You would see, the New Race Bike brakes stopped adding them ..
& old JRA riders are not in a race Hurry. OR, where's my support car following me?
& old JRA riders are not in a race Hurry. OR, where's my support car following me?
01-21-15, 03:08 PM
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Really?
Pad designs changed in the post C&V era to mold in the wheel guide function or incorporate it in the pad holder.
When one buys a "Racing Bike" it may come with features that are not necessary outside of competition but were designed for that purpose.
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01-21-15, 03:21 PM
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Just like the Christophe straps I recently bought.....Cheap, thin, has a manky plastic roller and looks like it won't last a season's worth of riding......it's already cracking up all over on me....
01-21-15, 08:04 PM
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The set pictured came off some Dia Compe 500s. Seem sturdy enough, but the brakes look cleaner without 'em. They'll hang out in the same little ziplock as the lawyer clips, probably forever, but who knows?
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01-21-15, 08:09 PM
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