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Barrel midway, clamp brake cables all the way in, open to your desired clearance with the barrel and still all the barrel to go once it inevitably stretches.
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without using the barrel adjusters at all.
This.
“Barrel adjusters are for customer adjustment” was something I was told when I first started in the cycle industry and it’s stuck. Even though I’m my own customer most of the time now.
Netakure
M_V
@Eseman
Another straw poll…
Brand new bike build, you’re adjusting the road calliper brakes, do you:
a) Clamp the cable and use the adjustment barrel on the calliper for fine tuning;
b) Clamp the cable and use the barrel on the lever for fine tuning;
c) Turn the calliper barrel 1/2 turn, (manually close the calliper), pull the cable as taut as possible, clamp it, then screw in the barrel to give the system slack;
d) (manually close the calliper), pull the cable as taut as possible, pump the brakes as hard as possible, re-clamp cable, repeat, then use barrel adjuster to fine tune; or,
e) (manually close the calliper), pull the cable taut as possible, pump the brakes as hard as possible, re-clamp cable, repeat until fine tuned, without using the barrel adjusters at all.
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