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- Jan 13, 2015
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My new bike has mechanical disk brakes BR-R51. Since the "calipers" remain attached to the frame and the disks to the wheel axis, the brake cable has to be detached any time the wheel is removed. The guy at the shop advised me not to take the wheels off before I learned how to adjust the brakes, a process he assured me was not easy. He took 5 minutes or more just to adjust the front brake lever to my liking, as it was too lose. Several weeks after I bought the bike, I still haven't had to take the wheel off or set up the brakes, but any flat or boarding a train etc. will require this sooner or later. So I'd like to ask if anyone else has experience with mechanical disk brakes. I am not convinced they are so hard to take care of, but I'm not 100% confident either. Here is what it looks like:
And here is the Shimano manual covering this model:
And here is the Shimano manual covering this model: