After work today I bought two 9mm spanners so I could adjust the yoke
on my front brakes. I sat down this evening and spent a good hour
fine tuning everything. It quickly became apparent that this is the
kind of thing that you can spend as long as you like trying to get
*just perfect*, so that the only way to escape from an infinite loop
is to, at some point, declare it "good enough". And I've done that.
Are they perfect? Absolutely not. Could a professional bike
mechanic do a better job? You betcha. Are they pretty good? I'd
certainly like to think so. Are they a *hell* of a lot better than
the brakes on my other bike which I ride several times a week without
worrying about? Beyond any shadow of a doubt.
I now feel totally prepared to take this bike for a *real* first ride
tomorrow. I can't wait!
