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Using a Quick Release
Double-Check!
Ideally, the quick release
lever should be facing
the rear, or upward.
Levers that are facing
forward can catch on any
number of things and be
accidentally opened.
Fig. 8 Closed QR points toward rear.
Adjust Knurled Nut
With the wheel installed
and the axle properly
seated in the frame (or
the frame joint closed),
position the quick release
lever so that it is in line
with the axle. Then turn
the knurled nut on the
other side clockwise until
it is snug. When the quick
release is properly adjusted, you should be able to freely
swing the quick release lever for the first half of its arc, at
which point the lever should offer resistance.
Fig. 6 Quick release operation.
Continue Closing QR
Using the palm of your
hand press the quick
release lever through the
rest of its arc until the
lever is closed and parallel
to the wheel. You should
feel very firm resistance
when the quick release
is properly adjusted (the
lever may even leave a
light imprint in the palm of your hand).
Fig. 7 Setting quick release tightness.
Assembling your OSATA
Reconnect Linear Pull
Brakes / V-Brakes
To close the V-brake to the
riding position, while fac-
ing the brake, with your
left hand (index finger and
thumb), grab the noodle
carrier and with your right
hand grab the noodle and
slip the noodle tip into the
slot on the noodle carrier.
If you cannot get enough
“slack” to put the noodle
tip into the noodle holder,
then the brake cable may
need to be loosened a
bit. See the next step for
instructions to add some
slack to the cable. Repeat
this procedure on the rear
brake.
Mechanic’s Tip: Sometimes
the cable housing can come
unseated either where it
enters the noodle or where
the housing enters the
brake lever barrel adjuster.
If the housing is unseated,
it will not be possible
insert the noodle tip into
the noodle holder. In fact,
it will make the process
quite frustrating; make
sure the housing is properly
seated at both ends.
Fig. 9 V-brake open.
Fig. 10 Grab the noodle carrier.
Fig. 11 Slip noodle into slot.
Fig. 12 V-brake closed.
NOODLE
NOODLE
CARRIER