http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Dark Art of Bike Repair en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:05:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104643 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:15:53 +0000 Cyclingmollie 104643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You're all wrong. The answer to your question DeathbyPompi(no) is Bicycleworks, Argyle Place. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104633 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:13:47 +0000 DeathbyPompino 104633@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've had a lot of canti brakes before but these ones just sound like a pricked pig! Nah, I've got them on the back but they're never used as it's got a fixed hub. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104632 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:02:18 +0000 remberbuck 104632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sometimes things just sort thenselves - and I don't think a shop will think anything other than the sound suggestions above.</p> <p>And canti breaks do squeal. </p> <p>Out of curiosity, is it both wheels? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104631 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:01:42 +0000 wee folding bike 104631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have you got a Third hand or old toe clip strap to hold them in place while you fettle? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104630 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:32:40 +0000 DeathbyPompino 104630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll give it another shot. Tried all of the above (but replacing the pads - they're not that old) but just can't seem to get it right.</p> <p>I'll try again and if I'm still being a numpty I'll wheel it into a shop and bow my head in shame. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104586 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:57:02 +0000 amir 104586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Honestly, you Portovelo types </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104577 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:13:04 +0000 recombodna 104577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The first thing I always check for is a dirty rim."</p> <p>Snigger </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104481 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:28:23 +0000 kaputnik 104481@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Clean rim gently with some degreaser. Sand down the brake pad surface a little to remove the polished oily/rubbery residue that builds up. Toe in the pads slightly. Replace pads with ones of higher quality (those with a medal slot the pad slides into, if you've got the solid rubber ones that have the bolt cast into them) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104479 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:17:48 +0000 Jackson Priest 104479@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The first thing I always check for is a dirty rim. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104465 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:20:55 +0000 wee folding bike 104465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Toe in the pads. </p> <p>I used to put in one bit of card board between the pad and rim at the front and two bits of cardboard at the back when I was adjusting them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9696#post-104464 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:17:59 +0000 DeathbyPompino 104464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So, as anyone who knows me - I can mend things but I can't make them work.</p> <p>Anyone got recommendations on shops for getting canti brakes desqueeling very quickly? I'm too spamhanded to do it properly.</p> <p>Cheers! </p>