fred@gymble.UUCP (Fred Blonder) (09/29/85)
> From: scott@agrigene.UUCP > Newsgroups: net.bicycle > Subject: Re: Cure for Squeaky Brakes > Message-ID: <216@agrigene.UUCP> > Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 11:55:52 EDT > Organization: Agrigenetics Madison,Wi. > > > > > How can I stop my brakes from squeaking, and making other noises? > > Is it the brake pads? Is it the angle the pads hit the rim ? > > > > Please, no suggestions to grease the rims :-) > > > > Steve Schlesinger > > {akgua, allegra, dcdwest, decvax, ihnp4, ucbvax}!sdcsvax!ncr-sd!steves > > Subject: Rx: Cure for Squeaky Brakes > Newsgroups: net.bicycle > Distribution: n/a > References: <285@ncf-ls.PPPc> > > Contrary to popular belief ,applying liberal amounts of > petroleum jelly to your rims will do the trick. Go down to > your local drug store and buy an economy sized jar of > Vaseline and smear an inch of the stuff around your rims. > The easiest test to see if you have put enough of it on is > to go to the top of the highest hill near your house and > start down it. If you go through the stop sign at the bottom > and your brakes don't squeak, you have the problem solved. > I've found that for emergency panic stops you can use a > technique borrowed from your childhood; simply put your > shoe between the front fork and the spokes of your wheel. > The old style thick-soled converse tennis shoes work best > for this method. No comment. -- All characters mentioned herein are fictitious. Any similarity to actual characters, ASCII or EBCDIC is purely coincidental. Fred Blonder (301) 454-7690 Fred@Maryland.{ARPA,CSNet} seismo!umcp-cs!fred