I just got into the spring-bending game. It works pretty well. I had some issues with a very nice v-brake, and some pretty heavy hitters were like, “Yeah just bend the springs.” “What? What about these little screws?” “Bend. The. Springs.”
It works. That particular brake turned out to be broken in a couple key ways, but instead of faffing around with different screw depths on the replacement, I backed out both sides a couple turns and did all the adjustments with bending the springs. It’s also kinda fun to bend stuff and make it match. Philip Bending springs in Santa Rosa, CA On Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 3:13:17 AM UTC-8 Cormac O'Keeffe wrote: > Hi, > > Here's a little tip for anyone else running cantilever brakes such as the > CX70s that use a linear spring. > > I was having trouble with the arms not springing back once the brake lever > had been released. After ages of faffing about, the mechanic at the bike > shop diagnosed and solved the problem in about 3 minutes. > > Apparently, the linear springs can lose their tension over time. The trick > is to pop it off the retaining tab, and wedge a screwdriver between the > brake arm and the spring and slowly/gently bend it back in the opposite > direction. This re-tensions the spring and gets the brakes away from the > rim again (cf. photo below). > > Just thought I'd share this tip as I see a bunch of people use these kinds > of brakes here and you might have encountered the same problem. > > [image: 20241214_112016.jpg] > > PS Apparently it works for v-brakes too. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ba3cdf18-b9a8-42e9-88eb-83c0dae7f3a8n%40googlegroups.com.
