Brake Bridge Bolt

[Young Un]

How tight should the bolt be that holds the brakes to the frame? Is it right that if the bolt is too tight then the brakes wont work?


Cheers
Steve

 

[tyred]

For old hat, centre pivot, side pull calipers like my Raleigh 20, it does make a difference as it's the brake pivot point. It shouldn't make any difference to modern road bike calipers.

 

[Chrisz]

If it's dual pivot brakes then it shouldn't make any difference once they are centred correctly. There's no real need to have them super tight anyway

 

[Joe24]

It does make a slight difference i found when i put a load of tightness on it, so i normally keep checking it to see if its still moving freely.
Its not something to really worry about, if its really tight the brakes will still work, but i found them to be stiffer, so i just lossened them off abit.