User Manual

Adjustments 4
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Check the Brakes
❶ Aer adjusng the brake, squeeze the brake lever as hard as
you can several mes and re-inspect the brake pads,
centering and brake lever travel. If the brake pads are no
longer square to the rim, repeat brake pad adjustments.
Figure 4.14
❷ Be sure that brake pads return to a centered posion by
spinning the wheel and listening for the brake pad rubbing
the rim on either side. Re-adjust as needed.
❸ Check that the brake cable tension allows the brake lever
about 1/3 of the travel before the brake pads contact the
rim. If the cable has stretched or slipped, re-adjust the brake
cable tension by loosening cable anchor bolt and pulling
more cable through the anchor or use brake adjustment
barrels for ne tuning brake cable tension.
Brake is correctly adjusted when:
• The brake pads do not drag on the rim when the brake is
open. Figure 4.15
• Both brake pads move away from the rim equally when the
brake is released.
• When the brake is applied, the brake pads contact the rim
before the brake lever reaches about 1/3 of the way to the
handlebar.
Figure 4.15
Figure 4.14
Equal space
between brake
pad and the rim
on both sides
Brake pads
Wheel rim
1/3 distance to
handlebar
1