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12-24-11 | 10:43 PM
#7276
Brown Bear, Sqrl Hunter
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 4,244
Likes: 28
From: San Jose, CA
Bikes: CAAD 10 4, Dolan DF4, Fuji Track Classic
Today I, made some food for Christmas dinner. My dad was impressed.
12-24-11 | 11:39 PM
#7277
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 9,948
Likes: 400
From: PHL
Bikes: Litespeed Catalyst, IRO Rob Roy, All City Big Block
Got a used set of Shimano SPDs for free. Happy Xmas!
12-25-11 | 12:13 AM
#7278
Cat Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,227
Likes: 0
From: Plymouth, MI
Bikes: All City Nature Boy
Today I spent most of the day with my family. Came home and swapped some bullhorns onto my Draft beater bike. Remembered how much I ****ing hate adjusting brakes. Made me realize I'd never want to work at a bike shop for this very reason.
12-25-11 | 12:18 AM
#7279
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
Today my parents threw a Christmas party with some old friends and I kicked it back with some beer and watched M:I 1 & 3, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Green Lantern.
12-25-11 | 11:28 AM
#7280
Goes to 11.
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,548
Likes: 4
From: Wichita, KS, USA
Bikes: 2015 Soma Double Cross
Just need the right tools. Get a 4th hand.
12-25-11 | 11:50 AM
#7281
Fresh Garbage
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,190
Likes: 30
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: N+1
easy adjustment:
1. leave a small amount of adjustment room in the barrel adjuster
2.release cable from clamp
3.hold both sides of caliper against the rim, by hand or by other means
4. pull the cable taut and tighten the clamp
5. turn the barrel adjuster to open the brake as preferred
the cable doesn't need to be real tight when you clamp it, just remove the slack while you have the caliper squeezed. 4th hand tool is great for other kinds of brakes, not really needed for road calipers
1. leave a small amount of adjustment room in the barrel adjuster
2.release cable from clamp
3.hold both sides of caliper against the rim, by hand or by other means
4. pull the cable taut and tighten the clamp
5. turn the barrel adjuster to open the brake as preferred
the cable doesn't need to be real tight when you clamp it, just remove the slack while you have the caliper squeezed. 4th hand tool is great for other kinds of brakes, not really needed for road calipers
12-25-11 | 12:00 PM
#7282
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
Why is it called a 4th hand? Shouldn't it be a 3rd hand?
12-25-11 | 12:03 PM
#7283
Fresh Garbage
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,190
Likes: 30
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: N+1
it gets called both. I just call it cable puller thing-of-a-ma-jig
12-25-11 | 12:05 PM
#7284
The space coyote lied.
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 48,782
Likes: 11,004
From: dusk 'til dawn.
Bikes: everywhere
The third hand tool holds the brake pads to the rim. 4th hand tool pulls cable taught while you tighten anchor bolt.
12-25-11 | 12:10 PM
#7285
Fresh Garbage
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,190
Likes: 30
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: N+1
great for cantilevers
12-25-11 | 12:13 PM
#7286
Veteran Racer
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 11,855
Likes: 913
From: Ciudad de Vacas, Tejas
Bikes: 34 frames + 80 wheels
12-25-11 | 12:24 PM
#7287
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
I've never really found an actual need to use either one, even with cantis.
12-25-11 | 12:39 PM
#7288
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,440
Likes: 0
From: San Francisco
To be fair Scrod, you do have four hands.
12-25-11 | 12:48 PM
#7289
Veteran Racer
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 11,855
Likes: 913
From: Ciudad de Vacas, Tejas
Bikes: 34 frames + 80 wheels
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What, Me Worry? - Alfred E. Neuman
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What, Me Worry? - Alfred E. Neuman
I see the light at the end of the tunnel, but the tunnel keeps getting longer - me
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12-25-11 | 12:55 PM
#7290
Goes to 11.
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,548
Likes: 4
From: Wichita, KS, USA
Bikes: 2015 Soma Double Cross
I generally don't have a problem with it either, except on really old, worn-out brake levers. It's a nice-to-have tool.
12-25-11 | 12:56 PM
#7291
Fresh Garbage
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,190
Likes: 30
From: Los Angeles
Bikes: N+1
12-25-11 | 01:09 PM
#7292
Veteran Racer
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 11,855
Likes: 913
From: Ciudad de Vacas, Tejas
Bikes: 34 frames + 80 wheels
IDK, I have two MTBs with cantis from the early 1990s and I can't adjust them no matter how hard I try. They are both Shimano Deore XT, and have those wonky one-sided bridge cable setups where the brake cable passes through a Y-connector and on to one of the canti calipers. Dumbest design ever.
12-25-11 | 01:22 PM
#7293
Goes to 11.
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,548
Likes: 4
From: Wichita, KS, USA
Bikes: 2015 Soma Double Cross
IDK, I have two MTBs with cantis from the early 1990s and I can't adjust them no matter how hard I try. They are both Shimano Deore XT, and have those wonky one-sided bridge cable setups where the brake cable passes through a Y-connector and on to one of the canti calipers. Dumbest design ever.
12-25-11 | 01:43 PM
#7294
The space coyote lied.
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 48,782
Likes: 11,004
From: dusk 'til dawn.
Bikes: everywhere
IDK, I have two MTBs with cantis from the early 1990s and I can't adjust them no matter how hard I try. They are both Shimano Deore XT, and have those wonky one-sided bridge cable setups where the brake cable passes through a Y-connector and on to one of the canti calipers. Dumbest design ever.
12-25-11 | 02:11 PM
#7295
Veteran Racer
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 11,855
Likes: 913
From: Ciudad de Vacas, Tejas
Bikes: 34 frames + 80 wheels
It seems like I'll get them adjusted and then after a few applications of the brake they get out again and aren't centered. Moving the pivot bolt up or down also biases the cable tension, so it's a never ending combination of adjustments. Anyways, the brakes work poorly, regardless, and I'd love to just figure a way to put front disk brakes on them. Both front rims are uneven and braking is uneven and weak, plus they squeal like stuck pigs.
12-25-11 | 02:28 PM
#7296
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
Today I made so much food for a potluck that the host asked me to leave some at home. Oops. Dinner tomorrow is taken care of though...
12-25-11 | 03:15 PM
#7297
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,520
Likes: 0
From: Utica,NY,USA
filled up on blood sausage from the local Polish butcher, getting changed and hitting the rollers, then shower and disco nap until we meet friends at the pub.
12-25-11 | 07:16 PM
#7298
Just smang it.
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 2,295
Likes: 1
From: Bellingham
Bikes: Felt F1X, Kilo WT, Dawes Deadeye
Today I spent a lot of time on my new rollers. Still a little shakey but I think I'm getting the hang of it. Made a sw8 edit for kicks 
(not claiming to have any competence with video editing)
(not claiming to have any competence with video editing)
12-25-11 | 07:25 PM
#7299
Supertouch
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 156
Likes: 0
From: Westminster, CA
Bikes: Pake Rum Runner
I want to get rollers so bad for those rainy days that I can't ride (or maybe I just refuse to). Have any recommendations on which ones I should take a look at?
12-25-11 | 07:46 PM
#7300
Just smang it.
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 2,295
Likes: 1
From: Bellingham
Bikes: Felt F1X, Kilo WT, Dawes Deadeye
The Nashbar and Performance Bike reduced radius rollers both get rave reviews and are very similar. Both cost around $150 shipped. The biggest difference is the performance bike ones can be folded for storage.