What do you call..........

[MarkF]

The metal bars that provide the tension when adjusting your brakes?

 

[sight-pin]

Fulcrum?

 

[Ajax Bay]

What sort of brakes?

 

[screenman]

Bert.

 

[cheys03]

Levers

 

[Poacher]

Third hand?

 

[Ian H]

Third hand?

This, if you're talking about a tool to hold rim brakes in position before tightening the cable.

 

[screenman]

Toe straps.

 

[classic33]

Yokes

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Arms?

 

[freiston]

Is this a cryptic crossword clue that you're stuck on?

 

[Drago]

Spanner.

 

[DaveReading]

Third hand?

Hard to find new ones nowadays.

Though there are plenty of second hand third hands.

 

[freiston]

Hard to find new ones nowadays.

Though there are plenty of second hand third hands.

That's handy to know.

 

[Salty seadog]