Ice axes offer too much leverage

I'm probably wrong anyway, but I need to sound smart.

duuuh-huh, also a member of the dum ass club who has done this. next time empty all the shit out of your wallet - credit cards license etc. insert 2 cards between the pads and keep slipping stuff between them to force the pistons back in - won't damge your pads either. a deck of cards or cube of post it notes also works. i keep my bike in my 4runner for a good portion of the season and the brake lever keeps trying to get it on with my head rest so now i keep a deck of cards in the glove box. sometimes they don't go back on center so you may need to loosen the mounting bracket bolts and re-tighten while squeezing the brakes

It might be a good idea to slide some sort of shim, about the thickness of a rotor, into the caliper next time to prevent the pads from closing...

Marc said:

Umm..... = (-b +/- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) ?

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I think you forgot to carry the 1.