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I've got disk brakes on my mountain bike and in the wet they make the biggest racket on earth. I'm embarrased to use them to the point I prey that the lights will be green when I get that far.
They still work great though. Anyone else have this problem? Or is it just my set? also anything I can do to stop it?
When they dry out it's fine and obviously on dry days
They still work great though. Anyone else have this problem? Or is it just my set? also anything I can do to stop it?
When they dry out it's fine and obviously on dry days
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used to set cantis up so the leading edge hit the rim first.. skimming the water off before the rest of the pad hits...
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what brake make? As some do have a preference to do this, but it can be minimised as Ed said about caliper aligement etc...
Some pads will be better than others, but that's about as much as you can do.
its the 'seating' process that you minimise by 'correct' alignement... all things wobble grip,slip,grip slip.. thats what makes the noise.. Also stuff like contaminated pads.. (oil, wd40), and pad glazing, cna be avoided by gentle and easy braking in of the pads when first put on...
Salford Rower, are these hydrolic or cable operated ones?
OK, I see your point... I had mis-read ed m's post and thought he was advocating setting up disc pads in the same way he aligns his canti's - with leading edge first.
Totally agree that alignment needs to be right in the first place.