• Arghhh, why won’t the brake caliper return?
    Campag Centaur skeleton
    New return spring fitted (the old one broke)
    Stripped, cleaned, refitted
    New cable
    New cable outer
    Taken the whole cockpit back on the bars with new tape
    Nothing, literally nothing fixes the caliper sticking after the lever is pulled
    Pretty close to taking a hammer to all the things
    Have I missed anything?

  • Does it return with no cable attached? If so it is definitely in the cable. I would guess that it's where you cut the outer. I fyou didn't clean the cut properly, theere's a chance some of the outer is preventing the inner from sliding through.

  • If so it is definitely in the cable.

    Or the internals of the lever sticking? - can isolate that option by disconnecting cable from the lever (or loosening it at the lever) and then using a pair of pliers to pull the cable to check the brake?

    Maybe cable inner fouling on the inside of a cable stop?

  • Ok, cheers, worth a try, am going to buy a new inner and outer and try that…
    but that means another trip to the LBS, another day of no cycle commuting, another go at taking all the bar tape off and re-wrapping it fml

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