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  • I have a pompetamine. I have trouble spyres.
    I've thrown the wheel in and out with out touching the brakes. Am i doing it wrong?

  • Likely not, the problem caused by a combination of things, I have 'picked' a chain length which puts my wheel in a sensible place in the drop outs, with my current cogs one link either way puts it very close to either end of the drop out (could maybe be helped by a half link/different cog combo). The caliper is then positioned as best I can to be optimal for the rotor and the brakes set up, somewhat fiddly with bb7s but in my experience then don't need touching, other than to dial in the pads.

    The problem comes when, for example it is new chain time, with my set up (and a kmc chain) I can't move the wheel far enough forward to get the chain off/decouple the magic link (perhaps could be helped by a different chain/magic link) without fouling the caliper, hence I have to loosen the caliper, necessitating my re-setting up the brakes. I suspect your TRP (typo?) calipers have a design, coupled with your chain length and chain choice such that you have enough wriggle room to do this.

    Worth knowing for if I ever consider a different caliper.

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