Bicycles
Created | Updated Apr 6, 2002
When tuning bicycles, always remember to NOT, repeat NOT, fray the brake cable when dismantling and cleaning the
brake calipers. This "fraying" makes it impossible to string the cable back into the caliper, requiring a new cable,
and sometimes professional intervention to ensure the brakes are properly adjusted. This is especially pertinent when the
bike belongs to a loved one. If this bike is one's own, own may get by with shoddy workmanship. Work done for others
usually falls under a certain amount of scrutiny, resulting in shame and embarassment when the brakes fail.
brake calipers. This "fraying" makes it impossible to string the cable back into the caliper, requiring a new cable,
and sometimes professional intervention to ensure the brakes are properly adjusted. This is especially pertinent when the
bike belongs to a loved one. If this bike is one's own, own may get by with shoddy workmanship. Work done for others
usually falls under a certain amount of scrutiny, resulting in shame and embarassment when the brakes fail.
