Cantilever brakes: refitting the cable to the brake unit

Once you’ve got the cable attached to the brake lever, and threaded through the outer casing, you’ll need to reconnect the cable to the brake unit. The procedure differs depending on whether you have link wire or a straddle cable. However, once you’ve connected the units, the procedure for adjusting the tension is the same.

Link wire Look at the disc in the middle of the two arms of the link wire. Of the two different slots the cable could go into, one makes it easy to push the cable through by lining up precisely with the section of outer casing. Once you’ve fed the cable through the link wire, push it across to sit in the other slot on the link wire disc and hang it at the right angle. Refit the nipple on the end of the link wire into the quick-release slot on the brake unit. Feed the brake cable under the cable clamp bolt and pull through until the blocks sit close to the rim without touching. Tighten the cable clamp bolt firmly, cut off any excess and fit a cable…

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