On 2017-08-04 15:10, jbeattie wrote:
On Friday, August 4, 2017 at 12:18:03 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-07-31 20:21, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/31/2017 5:50 PM, sms wrote:
On 7/27/2017 6:40 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:57:44 -0700, sms
wrote:
On 7/27/2017 7:08 AM, AMuzi wrote:
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In theory maybe but I've never seen that in real life.
Rust is ugly but in terms of % reduction of cross section
of a spring, it's meaningless.
The spring is not rusty. But it pops out with no effort,
it's just not springy anymore. It seems to be fatigued.
The brake sets are cleaned and lubed. I may still order
some springs to use these brakes on another road bike which
has lower quality brakes. If I were in Wisconsin, I'm sure
that AMuzi would have the springs in stock, but the shops
in Silicon Valley have little interest in stocking and
selling little parts like this.
Probably because no one but you ever wanted to buy any :-(
Yet they are available online, so clearly someone has wanted
them, and there are instructions online that refer to the need
to replace weak springs.
There are? Where?
The springs? For example he
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Campagno...-/172611044107
Old American saying: If you don't take care of your customer somebody
else will.
AMuzi shows them he
http://www.yellowjersey.org/dcbitz.html
By that argument, people must have to replace flat-concave
mounting washers too. Metal fatigue, is it?
Obviously Andrew does take care of his customers. Plus peobably a
lot of other people who were told by their LBS "Just buy a whole
new brake".
Who knows if one of the zillion shops in the Silicon Valley has an
old Diacomp spring. I'm sure SMS hasn't called them all. There are
old shops in the Valley that probably have that sort of thing hanging
around -- PAB, Cupertino, Wheel-a-Way, etc., etc. George probably
has one sitting around.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sloughs-bike-shoppe-san-jose
I don't fault any shop for not carrying a spring from a low-end, 30
year old brake. If I wanted a spring for my old Campy brakes (I
don't since they're in a box -- all three pairs), I'd walk across the
street from my neighborhood market.
http://www.burlingamebikes.com/maintenance-repair/ I've never
replaced a brake spring except on an old Paul NeoRetro. If I had a
Diacomp, I'd go ratting through a box at the Community Cycling
Center. http://tinyurl.com/y7d3tydt Start digging! Or maybe over
at Citybikes. http://tinyurl.com/ybgsrz5m More digging! I refuse to
believe SCV is the bicycle wasteland SMS claims it to be.
Also, a good bike shop isn't supposed to just say "Sorry, we don't have
it". They are supposed to say "We could search and possibly order it for
you but it wouldn't be very cheap". That's what my LBS did when I wanted
stanchion protectors for my MTB. "You want WHAT? Ok, I'll try to get
them for you" and he did.
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Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/