Which day works for you? We were planning to hit the Nut this weekend. C is trying to kill himself training for another marathon race (Fat Chuck's in March) so I would rather ditch him anyway.
Since I am flexible just shoot me an email, it is supposed to be nice this weekend chilly in the morning but sunny and 60's by the afternoon.
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01-28-2009, 07:23 AM #1
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02-07-2009, 03:30 PM #2
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It is a bit off-topic...
but - I have "Pro Max, alloy linear pull" brakes.
And my concern was that my front wheel was stopping by itself pretty fast (when the bike is on the kind of "stand"). LBS guys said that pad was misplaced a bit, and they put it in right position.
I went home and start looking at it by myself (out of curiosity, of course I am not an expert at all...) And one of the the pads (on front wheel) is always touching the wheel (rim?). I am not sure it should be like this.
Now it makes about 2-3 circles/"360" and then stops. The rare wheel makes about 5-10 before stopping.
I did not pay much attention at first but now I start thinking what if it might be a problem on the long ride. I like how front brake works though. Any ideas? Should I bring it back to LBS, or that pad should touch the rim?
Or maybe it is just very new as I just bought the bike, so the pads will become thinner and it will not be a problem?Last edited by Gertruda; 02-07-2009 at 03:32 PM.
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02-07-2009, 06:21 PM #3
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I'd take it back. Or, you can go to the Park tool site where they have very good instructions on how to do brake pad adjustments yourself. It is a pretty simple procedure.
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02-07-2009, 08:53 PM #4
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Brake-rub is a problem on any ride - it wears your pads prematurely and unevenly and it slows you down!!! It doesn't usually take much to fix it, so do get that front one seen to again.
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02-21-2009, 11:13 AM #5
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Irulan, Dirt Diva - thanks!
Just came back from LBS - they fixed it. And it took like 2 minutes (And it took me ages to find time go there... I definitely should learn how to fix basic stuff by myself! )
Apparently it was installed not well/not symmetrical from the beginning, so I hope there will be no problem with that brake for some time.
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02-21-2009, 01:22 PM #6
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Here's a good article for you. The only caveat I would mention is that when mtbing there can be the chance of a mindless "panic grab" which can launch you over the bars. But if you learn to use your very powerful front brake it has all the stopping power you need.
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html
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