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I've recently installed on my old 27" road frame a NOS set
of Tourney center-pull calipers. Hopefully, someone with
some familiarity with these can help me out.
1) I wanted to limit the amount of lever travel, so I set
them up so the pads would ride just off the surface of
the rim. In order to allow room for micro-adjustment on
the barrels, I did this by squeezing the calipers closed
while bolting the yoke onto the cable. This worked out
just fine -- I was left with enough thread on the barrels
to complete the adjustment. HOWEVER -- this position
makes it impossible to disengage the caliper when I want
to remove the wheel. I simply can't close the calipers
enough to remove the yoke from the straddle cable. Do I
need to loosen them up and just live with the longer
lever travel, or does anyone know of any other tricks to
solve this problem?
2) I suppose with such long-reach calipers I shouldn't be
suprised, but when applying my rear brake, I frequently
get a very loud groaning sound, as if a resonance has
been set up in the wheel itself. I thought it might be
the 'vintage' pads that came on the calipers, but it
still occurs after replacing the pads with Kool Stops.
Any ideas that can help me silence the thing?
of Tourney center-pull calipers. Hopefully, someone with
some familiarity with these can help me out.
1) I wanted to limit the amount of lever travel, so I set
them up so the pads would ride just off the surface of
the rim. In order to allow room for micro-adjustment on
the barrels, I did this by squeezing the calipers closed
while bolting the yoke onto the cable. This worked out
just fine -- I was left with enough thread on the barrels
to complete the adjustment. HOWEVER -- this position
makes it impossible to disengage the caliper when I want
to remove the wheel. I simply can't close the calipers
enough to remove the yoke from the straddle cable. Do I
need to loosen them up and just live with the longer
lever travel, or does anyone know of any other tricks to
solve this problem?
2) I suppose with such long-reach calipers I shouldn't be
suprised, but when applying my rear brake, I frequently
get a very loud groaning sound, as if a resonance has
been set up in the wheel itself. I thought it might be
the 'vintage' pads that came on the calipers, but it
still occurs after replacing the pads with Kool Stops.
Any ideas that can help me silence the thing?