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Cannondale Force 40 Brake Set-Up
On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:57:50 PM UTC-4, wrote:
If you still need help. http://www.vintagecannondale.com/can...ns.pdf?fref=gc On Tuesday, May 24, 1994 at 1:42:26 PM UTC-7, James W Gourgoutis wrote: In article (Donald S. Finan) writes: Does anyone _really_ know how to properly set up the Cannondale Force 40 braking system? I have adjusted mine a number of times, and seem to get Yeah, remove 'em! Personally, I hate those things. They seem to work fine for a while, IF you get them perfectly adjusted, but then they become a royal pain in the neck! From working in a shop, I can tell you that it's bad enough having to build each Cannondale bike (I, for one, wasn't really big on assemblies), but *then* you have to deal with setting up the brakes! Seriously, though, Cannondale puts out a pretty detailed instruction sheet describing the brake set-up. You SHOULD have gotten one along with your owner's manual. If you didn't, go back to your dealer (if you bought the bike new) and beg for one. If that doesn't work, you could either call Cannondale direct (I suppose) or email me with your mailing address and I'll send you a photocopy of mine, if I can find it. 8-) It's rather long-winded to go into here on the net. Hope this helps! Jim. -- James Gourgoutis ] -- ,o "Why am I so late? Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering -- -\, I couldn't decide University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA -- ( )/( ) which bike to ride!" ===============================(BOB#3068)========= =========================== Don't you figure that after TWENTY_THREE YEARS that the person either figured it out or got rid of the bike? LOL What's the record for resurrectng a Zombie Thread here? Cheers |
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Cannondale Force 40 Brake Set-Up
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:21:39 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot
wrote: On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:57:50 PM UTC-4, wrote: If you still need help. http://www.vintagecannondale.com/can...ns.pdf?fref=gc On Tuesday, May 24, 1994 at 1:42:26 PM UTC-7, James W Gourgoutis wrote: In article (Donald S. Finan) writes: Does anyone _really_ know how to properly set up the Cannondale Force 40 braking system? I have adjusted mine a number of times, and seem to get Yeah, remove 'em! Personally, I hate those things. They seem to work fine for a while, IF you get them perfectly adjusted, but then they become a royal pain in the neck! From working in a shop, I can tell you that it's bad enough having to build each Cannondale bike (I, for one, wasn't really big on assemblies), but *then* you have to deal with setting up the brakes! Seriously, though, Cannondale puts out a pretty detailed instruction sheet describing the brake set-up. You SHOULD have gotten one along with your owner's manual. If you didn't, go back to your dealer (if you bought the bike new) and beg for one. If that doesn't work, you could either call Cannondale direct (I suppose) or email me with your mailing address and I'll send you a photocopy of mine, if I can find it. 8-) It's rather long-winded to go into here on the net. Hope this helps! Jim. -- James Gourgoutis ] -- ,o "Why am I so late? Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering -- -\, I couldn't decide University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA -- ( )/( ) which bike to ride!" ===============================(BOB#3068)========= =========================== Don't you figure that after TWENTY_THREE YEARS that the person either figured it out or got rid of the bike? LOL What's the record for resurrectng a Zombie Thread here? Cheers On the other hand, twenty-three years gives even the slowest plenty of time to figure out an answer :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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Cannondale Force 40 Brake Set-Up
Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:57:50 PM UTC-4, wrote: If you still need help. http://www.vintagecannondale.com/can...ns.pdf?fref=gc On Tuesday, May 24, 1994 at 1:42:26 PM UTC-7, James W Gourgoutis wrote: In article (Donald S. Finan) writes: Does anyone _really_ know how to properly set up the Cannondale Force 40 braking system? I have adjusted mine a number of times, and seem to get Yeah, remove 'em! Personally, I hate those things. They seem to work fine for a while, IF you get them perfectly adjusted, but then they become a royal pain in the neck! From working in a shop, I can tell you that it's bad enough having to build each Cannondale bike (I, for one, wasn't really big on assemblies), but *then* you have to deal with setting up the brakes! Seriously, though, Cannondale puts out a pretty detailed instruction sheet describing the brake set-up. You SHOULD have gotten one along with your owner's manual. If you didn't, go back to your dealer (if you bought the bike new) and beg for one. If that doesn't work, you could either call Cannondale direct (I suppose) or email me with your mailing address and I'll send you a photocopy of mine, if I can find it. 8-) It's rather long-winded to go into here on the net. Hope this helps! Jim. -- James Gourgoutis ] -- ,o "Why am I so late? Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering -- -\, I couldn't decide University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA -- ( )/( ) which bike to ride!" ===============================(BOB#3068)========= =========================== Don't you figure that after TWENTY_THREE YEARS that the person either figured it out or got rid of the bike? LOL What's the record for resurrectng a Zombie Thread here? Cheers Hold my beer... |
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Cannondale Force 40 Brake Set-Up
On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 6:58:53 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote:
Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 4:57:50 PM UTC-4, wrote: If you still need help. http://www.vintagecannondale.com/can...ns.pdf?fref=gc On Tuesday, May 24, 1994 at 1:42:26 PM UTC-7, James W Gourgoutis wrote: In article (Donald S. Finan) writes: Does anyone _really_ know how to properly set up the Cannondale Force 40 braking system? I have adjusted mine a number of times, and seem to get Yeah, remove 'em! Personally, I hate those things. They seem to work fine for a while, IF you get them perfectly adjusted, but then they become a royal pain in the neck! From working in a shop, I can tell you that it's bad enough having to build each Cannondale bike (I, for one, wasn't really big on assemblies), but *then* you have to deal with setting up the brakes! Seriously, though, Cannondale puts out a pretty detailed instruction sheet describing the brake set-up. You SHOULD have gotten one along with your owner's manual. If you didn't, go back to your dealer (if you bought the bike new) and beg for one. If that doesn't work, you could either call Cannondale direct (I suppose) or email me with your mailing address and I'll send you a photocopy of mine, if I can find it. 8-) It's rather long-winded to go into here on the net. Hope this helps! Jim. -- James Gourgoutis ] -- ,o "Why am I so late? Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering -- -\, I couldn't decide University of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh, PA -- ( )/( ) which bike to ride!" ===============================(BOB#3068)========= =========================== Don't you figure that after TWENTY_THREE YEARS that the person either figured it out or got rid of the bike? LOL What's the record for resurrectng a Zombie Thread here? Cheers Hold my beer... I don't know. As slow as this thread is going you're liable to lose a lot of carbonation. |
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