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@Si88
Hi all
Had a slight disaster this afternoon while adjusting/maintaining my front brake.
I managed to sheer the bolt that secures the brake cable to the calliper. Looks like it was in a pretty bad way and secured in place by a ton of road grime and brake dust.
Long story short... I'm riding home brakeless tonight. Not a prospect I'm savouring, if I'm honest.
I can probably get by for the rest of the week like this but would still rather have the brake option long term, so need to look at replacing.
I could replace the bolt, but feel that identifying and sourcing that will be more difficult than simply replacing the unit (plus, you know that feeling when you've just lost confidence in a part?)
Seems like as good a time as any to upgrade from my terrible stock Chinese knock of calliper (Z-Star, anyone?) but I have literally no idea what to look for.
Are there size or fit considerations to be taken into account? I tried a bit of searching but couldn't find anything useful.
Help please?
Any reasonably priced recommendations from the hivemind?
Preferably something I can grab on next day delivery.
Thanks!