Hey Bikewrenchers,
I have this TT bike here, Felt FRD IA 2014
It has rim brakes, and the rear brake is loose, as in I have to brake all the way for the pads to touch the wheel
How can I adjust those? I don’t see any adjustment screws. Am I supposed to add spacers between the mount and the pads?
Cheers
by The_Gillibob
5 Comments
Never seen those before. Looks like you need to loosen that small grub screw and pull more cable through, just a guess though
You should find an inline adjuster under the bar top cover.
Looking at how the cable is splayed, you may need a new cable.
Good luck that has to be the worst brake design imo. But there should be an in line adjuster. Id try to get it as close as possible by taking slack out of the cable at the cable stop cause you’ll run out of inline adjustment pretty quick and if you ajust it so far it comes apart it can be a pain to get the threads going again.
It looks like you got the answer you needed but felt has some good documentation for their bikes. Full assembly and details about the brakes can be found here. https://www.feltbicycles.com/en-ca/support/manuals.html