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How do you take the brakes off a BMX bike with a cable detangler?
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∙ 13y ago
If the bike is ever ridden on public streets/in traffic removing brakes is a really bad idea.
But if you insist, this is the general instructions on how to do it:
Unclamp brake wires from brake arms, remove crimped-on end caps, pull wires out. Follow cable from brake towards handle bar to locate any other place they're connected, undo those too.
Unbolt brakes from bike. Pull grips off handlebar and remove brake levers, put grips back on.
Removing (parts of) the detangler requires pulling the fork, which is another issue.
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Can you take a detangler off of a bike?
Depends. Some frames have tabs welded to the head tube. Removing these will leave ugly marks. Others have press-fit detanglers that can be removed by removing the headset. You can always buy a cable set and run the cable outside the detangler.
How much would your bike weigh if you take off your brakes?
Depends on what kind of brakes you have, but about 1-2 lbs less.
What do you use on your hair when you have nappy hair?
I use a detangler or take a shower.
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Can you take of your front brake cable and turn it into a straight back cable on a bmx bike?
It's usually not long enough to reach, so no.
Lightweight bicycles have what type of brakes?
Depends on how far you want to take it, and what kind of bike it is. The most common type of light weight bike is probably a road bike, and they are generally equipped with caliper rim brakes, with single-pivot being the lightest design available. But there are also light weight MTBs, and they generally run disc brakes. A MTB for flat terrain can still have straight-pull brakes(v-brakes), which is a kind of rim brake too. They can still be lighter than disc brakes although braking isn't quite as good.
How can you tell if your mountain bike rims are disc brake ready?
It's no trouble at all using supposedly rim brake rims with disc brakes, nothing will happen because of that. But your hubs has to be able to take a brake rotor and your fork/frame has to be able to take a brake caliper if you want to put disc brakes on your bike.
Why do people take off their front brakes on BMX bikes?
Race bikes usually only have a rear brake and bikes for vert/street usually haven't got any brakes at all. Dual brakes is sensible on a bike that sees some utility use, like being ridden on roads, but removing the brake will (to some) make the bike look more "hard core", or "cooler". And, if you haven't got a rotor/gyro, removing the front brake will let you do barspins w/o the brake cable getting tangled up.
How do you repair the emergency brake on a 1985 VW Jetta?
first thing to do is disconnect the cable between the seats--there are two 10mm nuts on each cable---then climb under the car and disconnect from the rear brakes if drum brakes take off the drumm and you will see the cable--pull back on the sping on the cable,,i lock it with a small pair of vice grips--undo it from the armature and pull it through the backing plate--then pull the cable out of the boby of the car install in reverse---put the cable on the brakes before adjusting the tension in the car good luck
How do you make your bike lighter?
remove anything that you dont need like if u have gear brakes take off the hand brakes thats like five pounds less if you have 4 pegs remove at least 2 that would be about 2 pounds off ur bike get light thin tires to lighten up your bike thats about 10 pounds off ur bikw
How do you open the hood when the cable brakes on a 1997 Oldsmobile cutlass supreme. the cable broke loose at the latch?
i had the same problem. the hood release is controlled by a cable. what i had to do was take off the cover by the driver side seat,grab the cable with a pair of vise gripps and pull the wire in the cable with a pair of pliers. it sounds crude but that's the only way to get the hood up. by the way,i would take it somewhere to get the cable replaced.it's buried!!!!!
You have never used the emergency brake on your 2003 ford escape and now the brakes seem to have froze what do you do?
Take apart the back brake and free the shoe or cable.
