WTF Brake/Front end issue

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Re: WTF Brake/Front end issue

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Wreckless Rat wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 11:41 am Let's just say... calipers are normally held on with TWO bolts........ :shock:
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Re: WTF Brake/Front end issue

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I'm offering front end rebuilds for anyone that ones want done by a pro..... :think:

How fucking embarrassing... not only forgetting to torque them up, but worse still... not noticing when I looked... 3 fucking times.
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Re: WTF Brake/Front end issue

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Wreckless Rat wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 11:41 am Let's just say... calipers are normally held on with TWO bolts........ :shock:

I have ordered a new set... clearly one is somewhere on the private road system..... :wtf:
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Re: WTF Brake/Front end issue

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inewham wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 12:58 pm :idea: I wondered why there was a bolt in my last coffee order :lol:
Bumping the weights up.... :shhh:
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Re: WTF Brake/Front end issue

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It's funny what you can miss.

I spent ages trying to figure out why the cable operated brakes on one of my bikes felt shit. Turns out the pivot bolt from the handle was missing! Took me ages to spot.
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Re: WTF Brake/Front end issue

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I bet that thieving porridgewog Bigyin stole the bolt when your back was turned.
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Re: WTF Brake/Front end issue

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Skub wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:18 pm I bet that thieving porridgewog Bigyin stole the bolt when your back was turned.
Yeah... good point, he is a shifty fucker.