Comments on: How to Adjust your Child's 1st Hand Brake

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:19:57 +0000

Ran across your site while looking for something helpful (simple) so I can help keep my grandchildren’s bikes working and safe. I’m not as handy as a grandpa should be but now they think I’m a great bike mechanic. Thanks

By: Mairi

Mairi — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:54:55 +0000

Came across your site via search engine and am so glad that I did! Following your tutorial I was able to adjust the brake levers on my daughter’s bike so she can now reach them. She is happy and so am I.

By: Me

Me — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:38:51 +0000

Really good tutorial, thanks loads. Particularly on adjusting the amount of force required … I had adjusted the reach but when i saw how you adjusted the spring it sorted my problem…

By: David

David — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:03:08 +0000

Good idea on the customized tool. Not so good on releasing the brake cable. It is usually not needed. What is often needed is truing the wheel after adjusting the lever inward as that reduces the amount of cable travel. The closer brake pads will then often contact the out-of-true rim. Lubricate the brake pivot and cable before reducing tension on the brake spring. I can’t remember ever having to reduce spring tension on a child’s bike. What I have done is lubricate cable and housing if there is excess friction in the system (often due to a completely housed cables found on department store bikes). I’ve been doing this for 40 years.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:14:09 +0000

Hey Alex awesome Tutorial. Noticed the customized screw driver you used, I’ll probably make one because sure there will be a time come across some of those style of brake assemblies.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:24:13 +0000

It is great to be making tutorials again, thanks for all the support!

@Nick: No little ones lol. Just took some time off to focus on other projects last year. A few people requested this tutorial. The cable disc tutorial is on the way, but probably not for a while as I don’t have a bike with them yet

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:16:04 +0000

Yay, a new video! I send customers from my store to your website all the time. Glad to see the library’s expanding again. Can it be that the addition of a little one explains the longtime gap and the choice of subject??

Cable disc brake adjustment next! (please and thanks)

By: Anthony Dacko

Anthony Dacko — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:21:00 +0000

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your e-mail yes I am fine thanks and you. It’s great to see you back on the tutorials I will be looking forward to every one of them they are very professional and it is one of the best sites on the internet for bike fixing.

If any one said to me they wanted to go on a bike mechanics course I would direct them to your site first you can not get the same information with bike mechanics course that you offer on your site.

It is also one of the best to educate people how to fix there own bike.

Regards Anthony.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:24:11 +0000

Glad to see some new tutorials! Also glad you offer RSS as I get notifications in my reader for all new posts!