Measure the distance between the pivot and where the cable end sits. Short
pull measure about 25mm and long pull about 35mm.
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Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 07:25:05 -0500
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Brake Handle Identification
Salvaged brake handles are rarely kept with the calipers. Anyone have a
reasonably reliable method for identifying long pull vs. short pull handles?
TIA
Ron
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Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Brake Handle Identification
There are three ways that I teach people how to identify the difference.
First is the obvious one that if it says V-Brake on the brake, it's long
pull.
Second is that if you look at most flat bar brake levers there are two
holes, or at least an indent where a second hole could be, where the part
that the head of the cable can go into is (the silver bit in this photo:
https://www.parktool.com/assets/img/repairhelp/housingU_005.jpg). If it's
in the top hole, then it's long pull. If it's in the bottom hole then it's
short pull. There are sometimes a little "C" and a little "V" next to those
holes/indent that make it even easier.
If that second one doesn't make sense, I can get a photo later today and
send it to you.
Third is by measuring the distance from the pivot point to where the head
of the cable goes. Park Tool says that it is 21mm for short pull:
https://www.parktool.com/assets/img/repairhelp/ta-flatbar-conv.jpg and
42mm for long pull: https://www.parktool.com/assets/img/repairhelp/ta-
linearpull.jpg
In practice for the third method I tell people to measure with a ruler the
distance and if it's less than 30mm then it's short pull, if it's more than
35mm then it's long pull and if it's hard to tell or somewhere inbetween
then it's hard to tell without testing it.
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:25 AM, Ron Kellis ron.kellis@velocitycoop.org
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Salvaged brake handles are rarely kept with the calipers. Anyone have a
reasonably reliable method for identifying long pull vs. short pull handles?
TIA
Ron
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Nice quick article. I pulled it down to our how-to's folder on our Drive.
So many variations! Still trying to figure how to get all this info to
volunteers as they learn.
Jack Murphy
Bike Walk Wichita
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:02 AM, David Oliver nowhere3@gmail.com wrote:
There are three ways that I teach people how to identify the difference.
First is the obvious one that if it says V-Brake on the brake, it's long
pull.
Second is that if you look at most flat bar brake levers there are two
holes, or at least an indent where a second hole could be, where the part
that the head of the cable can go into is (the silver bit in this photo:
https://www.parktool.com/assets/img/repairhelp/housingU_005.jpg). If
it's in the top hole, then it's long pull. If it's in the bottom hole then
it's short pull. There are sometimes a little "C" and a little "V" next to
those holes/indent that make it even easier.
If that second one doesn't make sense, I can get a photo later today and
send it to you.
Third is by measuring the distance from the pivot point to where the head
of the cable goes. Park Tool says that it is 21mm for short pull:
https://www.parktool.com/assets/img/repairhelp/ta-flatbar-conv.jpg and
42mm for long pull: https://www.parktool.com
/assets/img/repairhelp/ta-linearpull.jpg
In practice for the third method I tell people to measure with a ruler
the distance and if it's less than 30mm then it's short pull, if it's more
than 35mm then it's long pull and if it's hard to tell or somewhere
inbetween then it's hard to tell without testing it.
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:25 AM, Ron Kellis ron.kellis@velocitycoop.org
wrote:
Salvaged brake handles are rarely kept with the calipers. Anyone have a
reasonably reliable method for identifying long pull vs. short pull handles?
TIA
Ron
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