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Posted on March 6, 2021 at 07:47:58
...are your brake levers where they should be?

Doesn't count for drop bars, or those bikes with cantilever brakes but most everyone with flats and discs have their levers right at the inside of the grips. That likely forces you to use 2 or 3 fingers to pull the levers which is bad for steering control and disallows enough room for a full pull.

Loosen the brake and shifter levers and push them in until your index finger alone can operate the lever.


 

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Rod won't set us talk about anything else. :-(, posted on March 6, 2021 at 11:07:16
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Even car posts end up devolving into politics.




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RE: Rod won't set us talk about anything else. :-(, posted on March 6, 2021 at 11:25:29
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The brakes on my bike are registered libertarian.
Too much is never enough

 

Do you ride a BLUE bike or a RED bike? How do you feel about having to stay on the RIGHT..., posted on March 6, 2021 at 11:49:05
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side of the road? Do you signal for a LEFT turn properly?

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As long as your wheels and tires are centrist...nt, posted on March 6, 2021 at 14:07:21
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The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

RE: As long as your wheels and tires are centrist...nt, posted on March 6, 2021 at 15:21:11
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My snow tires are ery liberal.
My summer tires, very conserative while my M+S tires for '3 seasons' are indeed, middle of the road.

Adding chains to the M=S just pisses 'em off.
Too much is never enough

 

RE: As this has become the Bike Forum..., posted on March 6, 2021 at 19:34:38
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Your stem is backwards!
Steering control would seriously compromised.
Flip it all the right way around and then see how your lever reach goes.




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RE: As this has become the Bike Forum..., posted on March 7, 2021 at 05:06:18
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Good observation

 

My old Corvair was undecided., posted on March 7, 2021 at 05:37:33
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Hit the brakes, it might pull left or right. I never knew what I'd get other than it never stopped.
Hey, what do you think of SRAM groupsets?



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

who knew?, posted on March 7, 2021 at 05:50:47
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I ride a blue USPS bike on the right. Does that mean I was unkowingly trying to suppress your mail in vote?

 

RE: No, it's not, it's designed to swing both ways, posted on March 7, 2021 at 07:46:30
There is no backwards. It's also a very serious part at a great price

Set the way I have it, it places me in a more upright position than stock and that with 2 replacement hips and Spinal Stenosis is comfortable for me.

The other way around, obviously, increases the reach.

 

RE: My old Corvair was undecided., posted on March 7, 2021 at 10:29:00
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My '73 super beetle CAME with 6.00x15 bias ply tires. I replaced 'em with a decent radial at first change and that made a BIG positive change.
I had someone rotate the tires once. Car got all squirrrly like you report. Turns out SOME radials may be sensitive to a L/R swap. Which I did that afternoon. Swapped the L/R fronts and problem solved.
You might be having a similar issue?
Too much is never enough

 

RE: No, it's not, it's designed to swing both ways, posted on March 7, 2021 at 11:00:02
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With the stem facing backwards you have a few major changes to the way the bike was designed to be ridden.
Your weight will be further over the back wheel, making the front lighter and the fork suspension under weighted.
But worse, your hands will be pushing the bars from behind the steerer axis, which is inherently less stable than hands in front. The short stem does minimise this issue, but riding with one hand will be a lot twitchier with backwards stem.
Two hands on the bars all the time and at speed (down hill) be very careful.

You would be way better off to push the seat right to the front of its travel and if it has an offset seat post, buy a zero offset one to move you and your weight closer to the front.



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Radials? Hah!, posted on March 7, 2021 at 11:12:59
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My old Corvair had Maypops on it.
The braking system was shot. Out of round drums, air in the lines, frozen and rounded bleeders. Needed the entire system rebuilt, also a complete front end rebuild.
The car didn't last long enough for any of that to become a serious issue.



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RE: Radials? Hah!, posted on March 7, 2021 at 11:20:34
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Maybe it's just ME, but I'd call a 'shot braking system' serious enough to warrent immediate attention.

But maybe that's just the radical in me. Brakes always seemed more than 'optional'.

I even learned to shift my VW without clutch. Now THAT was an option!
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Just had to remember..., posted on March 7, 2021 at 12:00:52
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pump up the brakes before I put the car in gear (it was one of those two-speed pseudo Powerglides).
The problems with that car were many and great. Far less concerning than the brakes was the oil spewing from the pushrod seals onto the hot exhaust manifold.
Seemed like it was easier to shift without the clutch back in the day. I never had any issue with clutchless shifting in the Pinto but the Cobalts are another story.
Guy I bought my car from, somebody gave him a Saturn Ion because the front end was making noise (they all do that) and not long after he got the car the hydraulic throwout bearing failed. He drove home through suburban traffic, red lights, all of that, no clutch.



The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

 

Depends on if you're left handed or right handed..., posted on March 7, 2021 at 13:11:05
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and have your brake levers adjusted accordingly.



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RE: No, it's not, it's designed to swing both ways, posted on March 7, 2021 at 16:13:34
" The other way around, obviously, increases the reach."

have you adjusted your seat / saddle forward / backward ?

 

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