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Old July 27th 17, 05:38 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Doug Landau
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Default How long should caliper brake springs last?

On Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 8:36:13 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/26/2017 7:40 PM, sms wrote:
Since this road
bicycle is about 30 years old I figure that the springs do fatigue over
time.


Sorry, you're wrong. You probably had a grungy pivot.


That's what the man said. All those darts and mustangs you saw in the 70's with their asses sagging didn't get that way because of gravity over time, they got that way by hitting a speedbump while heavily loaded.
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