A reasonable LBS may charge $30-50 depending on what all needs to be replaced or adjusted. If you have no experience working on brakes, let the pros do it.
ordermaster on
Free. Just try hitting it back into place.
chorelax on
Just twist it back, look inside when pulling the lever to see if the cable end is attached to the lever.
Top_Chemical_7350 on
Not that bad rly. Looks like it’s taken a side impact and could move back to its original place.
First try to just give the brake a firm tug back to where it was.
Then if it doesn’t move, take that black rubbery cover off the brake lever and unwrap the handle bar yourself to see what (if any) damage there is to the part of brake lever assembly that clamps on to the handle bar. If the brake lever is indeed broken or bent up too badly to move the brake line, you’ll need to source a replacement.
Pretty easy to do this at home with a spare hour, some tools and some YouTube videos to guide you along. Plan to have your bike offline for however long it takes to source a replacement lever if you need it.
SeerUD on
Looks like you should just be able to turn it back. You might need to loosen it slightly to do that, but otherwise just turn it back into the correct position. Should be a 2 minute job!
gbshaun on
New bike, definitely 😉
Cruzatte on
That is pretty much the hood angle that the entire pro peloton runs, so, not sure there’s anything to fix. Just bash the left hood in as well, and BAM you’re 30 watts faster.
surrationalSD on
I just push it back 🙂
Basic-Employment3985 on
Nice bike btw. Big fan of that era.
CoffeeDetail on
Flip that black quick release on the brake to make the brake looser. May have to use one hand to grab the brake pads and pinch while the other hand flips the black lever. Once loose pull the damaged brake lever as if you were braking. Look inside brake lever and there is a 5mm bolt. Use a Y wrench and loosen the bolt a little and reposition the lever.
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A reasonable LBS may charge $30-50 depending on what all needs to be replaced or adjusted. If you have no experience working on brakes, let the pros do it.
Free. Just try hitting it back into place.
Just twist it back, look inside when pulling the lever to see if the cable end is attached to the lever.
Not that bad rly. Looks like it’s taken a side impact and could move back to its original place.
First try to just give the brake a firm tug back to where it was.
Then if it doesn’t move, take that black rubbery cover off the brake lever and unwrap the handle bar yourself to see what (if any) damage there is to the part of brake lever assembly that clamps on to the handle bar. If the brake lever is indeed broken or bent up too badly to move the brake line, you’ll need to source a replacement.
Pretty easy to do this at home with a spare hour, some tools and some YouTube videos to guide you along. Plan to have your bike offline for however long it takes to source a replacement lever if you need it.
Looks like you should just be able to turn it back. You might need to loosen it slightly to do that, but otherwise just turn it back into the correct position. Should be a 2 minute job!
New bike, definitely 😉
That is pretty much the hood angle that the entire pro peloton runs, so, not sure there’s anything to fix. Just bash the left hood in as well, and BAM you’re 30 watts faster.
I just push it back 🙂
Nice bike btw. Big fan of that era.
Flip that black quick release on the brake to make the brake looser. May have to use one hand to grab the brake pads and pinch while the other hand flips the black lever. Once loose pull the damaged brake lever as if you were braking. Look inside brake lever and there is a 5mm bolt. Use a Y wrench and loosen the bolt a little and reposition the lever.
Just push it.