"Clive George" wrote in message
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On 30/03/2015 19:15, Ian Field wrote:

"Clive George" wrote in message
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On 30/03/2015 18:38, Ian Field wrote:

"Clive George" wrote in message
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On 30/03/2015 17:58, Ian Field wrote:

"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message
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On 3/29/2015 2:39 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:27:50 -0500, AMuzi
wrote:

No reason not to. 4mm allen cap screws might be nice and
they are readily available. Nothing will break or slip with
the screws out.

If there's room, you might look into adding a plastic knob onto the
cap screw:
http://www.shear-loc.com/knobs.htm

But think of the air resistance!

More seriously, brakes don't have to be adjusted very often. It's
reasonable to require a tool for that operation.

Brake blocks wear rapidly while the slotted bit of the contact face
remains.

The v-brake balancing screw isn't there to compensate for brake wear.

Maybe you could point out the bit where I said it did!

Ok, why is your statement above "Break blocks wear rapidly" relevant
to the preceding statement.

Someone said these sort of things don't need adjusting very often.

And V-brake balance doesn't - it doesn't need adjusting for brake block
wear.

Maybe because my bike is old - the calliper screws seem to need adjusting
fairly often, if I don't attend to it promptly it can cause uneven wear on
the blocks. The 2 adjustments seem slightly interactive, especially with new
blocks that wear rapidly till the grooves are gone.

Usually the balance screws can be OK for weeks, even months - but every so
often I find one block dragging and when I correct that it soon goes over to
the other side, The see-saw adjustments can go on for a couple of days
before it settles down.