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Mark South
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"daveornee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> It is nearly impossible to guess from here, but I have had
> a cable housing end come out of the frame "braze-on" and
> re-seat itself on the edge of the braze-on, thus pulling
> the cable tighter. This happened on our tandem, which has
> lots of rear cable and a few extra frame fittings to
> check. I have also come up on other riders who were
> experiencing similar brake rub issues (wouldn't have
> caught them without their handicap) and seen the housing
> end problem... and even one time when they put the
> slightly wider rimmed wheel on an alternate bicycle....
> the regular rim was 19 mm outside width, but the
> substitute was 20 mm wide.
Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't checked this. I'll take
a look in the morning.
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Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen
news:[email protected]...
> It is nearly impossible to guess from here, but I have had
> a cable housing end come out of the frame "braze-on" and
> re-seat itself on the edge of the braze-on, thus pulling
> the cable tighter. This happened on our tandem, which has
> lots of rear cable and a few extra frame fittings to
> check. I have also come up on other riders who were
> experiencing similar brake rub issues (wouldn't have
> caught them without their handicap) and seen the housing
> end problem... and even one time when they put the
> slightly wider rimmed wheel on an alternate bicycle....
> the regular rim was 19 mm outside width, but the
> substitute was 20 mm wide.
Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't checked this. I'll take
a look in the morning.
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Mark South: World Citizen, Net Denizen