> Does anybody have any trouble remembering how to use the barrel adjuster > on a brake?
For some reason, when I am on the road I am far more likely to get it right than when I have the bicycle at home on the work stand. On Jun 3, 1:49 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 11:11 -0400, Frederick, Steve wrote: > > One issue, > > for those of us who do this infrequently is that I'm never sure which > > direction - right or left - that the adjuster needs to be moved. > > Here's another way to remember it: if it won't downshift quickly or > completely (and with a bar end shifter you need to "overshift" or pull > beyond the click to get the shift to complete) the cable's not pulling > enough, i.e., not enough tension. If it's lazy upshifting, there's too > much cable tension. > > The barrel adjuster or inline adjuster is a right hand threaded screw. > When you unscrew it (i.e., turn it anticlockwise) it backs out, which > makes the housing longer, which adds tension to the cable -- exactly > like the tension adjuster on the brake. > > Does anybody have any trouble remembering how to use the barrel adjuster > on a brake? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
