It's the habit that's hard to kick, especially socially, even more so when you're drunk. Don't have just a few drags off someone else, next you'll blag a whole one, and before you know it you'll take it up again. Stress can work it's reasons.
The good news is that the addiction is only meant to last two days, but obviously you're prolonging this if you use patches or gum. The even better news is that just 24 hours after giving up, your lung capacity gets a 30% increase!
How's that Badger? I wouldn't have thought they change the controls on motorbikes around to suit different countries. Perhaps our formerly strong motorbike industry set that standard. But then I know very little about motorbikes, and maybe our former bicycle industry copied them. Doesn't explain most other countries using the brakes the other way around though.
Road bikes are the same of course, so it probably originally has something to do with what side of the road you ride on and signalling.
I have to say dismounting a cyclocross bike with the brakes the other round allows you to do a rather nifty move endoing the frame towards your shoulder as soon as you jump off. And cyclocross bikes were the first offroad bikes.
I prefer to finish with a reverse bleed if I'm having problems with a normal bleed, seems to sort things out and fill the system properly so that you avoid lever to the bar syndrome.
First reset the pistons as equally as you can, then reinstall disc and pads, and perhaps cover with a bag. You simply open the reservoir, gently pull the lever watching for air bubbling to the oil surface, top up oil, repeat till no bubbles (tapping the hose from the bottom to the top helps), then fill and close reservoir.
As far as set up is concerned, the disc mounts should be faced so that the caliper is equally shimmed, and the rotor should be centred to the caliper not the pads. If your rotor is straight enough, the clearance either side will be about 1mm, and provide the best possible bite. Don't worry if the pads drag on one side initially, or if the rotor is wobbley. If resetting the pistons doesn't work, just live with the scuffing till the pads adjust/wear through use, and the rotor may go straighter with use too (or try an adjustable spanner).
JayPinsent
