As show in the pics, https://imgur.com/a/8CrFiei , on this "ladies" bike the cable for the rear brakes goes down the down tube and up the seat tube before entering the noodle and I wonder if that is why the brakes arms don't spring back well enough when I release the brake handle.
Even with the brake handle relaxed the it seems the angle made by the noodle is too high and keeps the brakes pulled tighter than it is.
Would it make a difference if the noodle entered the brakes at a lower angle?
Is the combination of the nature of the cable run and the angle of the noodle why the brake arms don't spring up they way they should?
by vfclists
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In my opinion, this s-shaped routing is silly. On many many bikes, I’ve removed the cable from the brake and shortened it so it does the bottom curve and climbs gracefully up to the noodle. I can remove about 6-8″ (15-20cm) of cable and housing this way. I skip the cable guide on the side of the seattube, you can now use it as a tiny flag pole holder. The noodle now points to somewhere around the bottom bracket.
While I have the cable out of the housing, I pour a few drops of light oil into the housing. That bottom curve of the cable is prone to getting water in it. Oil will help prevent corrosion, friction or frost jamming in cold weather.