justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/03/11 at 17:19:53:What color is the fluid? If its brown, its WAAY too old.
C'mon now you think I'd run old? When I got the bike the previous owner told me it needed a brake cable...yeah...he said cable. I laughed really hard. The resevoir was empty when we got it. We put some fluid in and bled it. Worked fine as a brake and then this creeping brake came.
My brother ground down a piece on the lever as suggested and then he did something else. I don't know exactly what it was but when I pull my front brake now, it moves in easily and brakes softly but in a firm way. A lot less touchy than it was before. Was very stiff and like instant brake.
I've ridden the bike down the road a couple times since and in 2 days it hasn't messed with the front wheel at all and TBH, I really like the front brake how it is now. It stops me quickly and firmly but it much more manageable. I've caught myself using just the front brake to slow me down in town and it's perfect.
I'll ask him what he did if anyone wants to know.
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