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Bicycling

IDemo

(16,926 posts) Sat Oct 3, 2015, 05:38 PM Oct 2015

Question on V-brakes [View all]

I dug the Giant Boulder SE out of the storage shed this week and am attempting to get it in riding condition. I noticed that on the front brake, there is no kind of retention mechanism for the "noodle" pictured below. It just sits cradled openly in the right-hand brake arm and looks like a good bump could pop it out. Is this normal on a V-brake?

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Question on V-brakes [View all] IDemo Oct 2015 OP

I have brakes like that on my Trek 7.2 FX. It's not going to pop out. Goblinmonger Oct 2015 #1

Does yours look like the picture you posted? PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #2

No, looks more like the one in the video IDemo Oct 2015 #3

That's what the springs are for jberryhill Oct 2015 #4