It sounds like you must have a pretty nice cable. Probably not stock. The switches I have seen have a black plastic housing. The spring inside is usually a rubber washer. I think the rubber breaks down over time, and is either very squishy, or the switch sticks on, or maybe both.
Have fun!
Darrell Dick Imlay City, MI
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:13:17 +0000 Chuck Sherman <chucks-@aol.com> writes:
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Cable switch on this beastie had a fairly stout spring. Cutting half a coil off made it work, and improved feel in the process. Cable is thicker than the slots on the arm and the lever; a real bugger to get back into place.
Just want stuff to work the way it was supposed to! Darrell J Dick wrote:
Most of those switches that I have seen over the years used a
piece of
rubber for the switch "spring". Anyways, I'm not big fan of the
cable
mounted switch. Even if they do work right, The compression
required to
work them has an adverse effect on the brake operation. I think a
lot of
the bad rep of the Loopframe TLS brake is because of cable issues.
Some
of the aftermarket cables I've seen are really small diameter and
wimpy.
I'm generally happy to ride without a front brake switch as long
as the
rear switch is reliable. I always use the rear brake in tandem
with the
front when I come to stop. I have always mean't to work out a microswitch set-up at the lever, but it hasn't become a priority yet.
Darrell Dick Imlay City, MI
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