First time with a bike using these levers. Not sure if there is an easy fix to reconnect these or if I need to replace the whole thing.
by jackkd724
First time with a bike using these levers. Not sure if there is an easy fix to reconnect these or if I need to replace the whole thing.
by jackkd724
6 Comments
“suicide brake”
just take it off
it looks broken. take it off.
I’d personally take it off, but you could probably just pull the regular lever and the turkey wing would snap back into place
I’d replace both sides with some Tektro RL-R340 brake levers. Far more comfortable and puts the cables under the tape.
https://tektro.com/en/product/95
The part that’s rubbing on the normal lever needs to be BETWEEN the lever and the body. Let go of the second lever, squeeze the normal lever to open up a gap, push the end of the lever into the gap, then tighten up that big screw that the second lever pivots on. That advice is given with the assumption that nothing is broken.
They were never particularly brilliant. There was a brief period where road bikes became quite popular with the casually-cycling public and this sort of thing was thought to be good because it gave such casual users the flexibility to hold the top of the bars and brake without moving their hands.
They’re not as reliable and you usually can’t exert full braking force. Not a big deal 99% of the time, but the 1% of the time when it is a big deal is usually when you need to do an emergency stop.