This weekend just gone, I was cycling with my Scouts along the
Southdowns way. The peeing rain mixed with chalk and Skog (TM) wore
the brake blocks down on most of the bikes, such that midtrip
adjustment was needed. Many of the bikes were infact BSOs(1), with
alleged suspension front and rear and [censored] brakes. I did what I
could but one of them almost had me beat.
The blocks seemed to be too far away from the rim, so that even with
the adjuster screwed right out they barely made contact. After
adjusting the cable on the brake arm, the arms were almost too close
together, so that the lever action had no effect. The spacers were
fitted correctly - big one inboard of the brake arm. Was this just a
case of badly worn blocks or did I miss something else? The bike was
only a week or two old, so the blocks weren't significantly worn
beforehand.
Tim
(1) One lad had an Islabikes Beinn thobut.