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Richelmes

Nearholmer wrote: ↑28 Jun 2023, 6:56pm As Colin said, but with a picture.

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- Loosen the locking ring (yellow arrow)

- screw out the adjuster barrel by c3mm (red arrow)

- tighten locking ring (yellow arrow)

- get daughter try it

- repeat until the best you can get for her

- if you accidentally screw the adjuster barrel out too far, it will come free of the lever housing, if it does, just screw it back in.

- those brake levers aren’t wonderfully precise, so don’t expect super-precision.

Thank you, appreciate it

Richelmes

531colin wrote: ↑28 Jun 2023, 6:17pm Unscrew the alloy adjuster out of the lever “a bit”
Lock it with the locking collar

Thanks, that’s seems to have worked for the front brakes but on the rear brake the wheel still rolls (not freely, there is some friction) when the lever is fully pressed

Richelmes

Thanks for the replies everyone. I’m not very bike savvy so just trying to understand some of the replies. Here’s some pictures of the lever and brakes

Richelmes

Hi,

I’ve just got a bike for my daughter who is learning to ride, she’s having trouble with the brake levers where she has to squeeze them 3-4cm before they work. Is there a way to adjust the lever so she only has to squeeze them say 1cm for them to work?

Thanks

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