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OK, recently it seems that quite a few people are having problems with their Flybikes brakes. From arms waggling about on the posts to brakes squealing like the proverbial 'pig stuck under a gate' these symptoms will all lead to eventual failure of the brake post on the frame.

read: snapping off!

Alex has come up with an easy solution to your fly brake dilemmas & this will indeed work for any 'U' type brakes:

1. get hold of some PTFE TAPE (PTFE tape is plumbers tape that is used to make pipe connections water tight)

2. Remove your Fly brake & clean up & re-grease your brake posts

3. Lay the first length of PTFE tape across the posts as shown below

4. Place your second length of PTFE tape over the posts so that you have a 'cross shape' of tape over the top as shown below

5. Apply another layer of grease on top of the PTFE tape

6. Re-mount your Fly brake arms

7. You now need to make a small hole in the tape at the top of the post (you only need to pop it, the tape is so flexible that the fixing bolt just pushes it down into the threads and it all does up fine.)

8. Replace all your brake hardware & then its clean-up time, cut away any excess tape using scissors or a knife** & remove any excess grease etc from around the brake assembly

9. Go test your new brake! you may need to experiment with varying amounts of PTFE tape depending on how good or bad your brake fit is.

Thanks to Alex Leech for taking the time to take all these foto's & for sharing this great mod with us ;-)

**remember kids, get a grown up to help you with this stage, you don't want to be testing your new & improved brake with blood pissing out of your hands/arms/face...