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Shimano 2300 Triple brake lever play
These: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-2300-sti-triple-8-speed-road-lever-set/
After returning from a 50 miler today, I parked up and checked the bike over. It appears that I can now squeeze the rear brake lever about an inch before I get any resistance at all (from the cable).
I've had the bike about three months, and the rear lever always rattled, but I thought it was due to them being a fairly basic set. Now it's rattling a lot more. I guess there might be something to tighten or adjust, but I've no idea where I might start looking.
Anyone have any idea?
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Cheers.
Tried all the usual with no luck, so I ended up stripping all the cables off and giving them a good clean. The cable was snagging somewhere - turned out to be the small loop of cable the sits between the top tube (seatpost) and the brake caliper - for some reason, Specialized decided it was a good idea to have a big kink in it. Cleaned it out, and rotated it 180 degrees - problem solved.
The brake cable comes out by the brake oads on rear wheel.undo with a allen key and pull through cable then simply tighten back up with key