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31-12.-2004, 05:32 PM	#1
Sie Guest Posts: n/a	Disc brakes or not to brake that is the quesion Recently my disc brakes have gone from bad to useless. They are extremely spongy and however much I tighten them up it makes no difference. It doesn't matter how much pressure I apply. Jelly would stop me more efficently. I have already once replaced the back pads (even though they wern't worn that much) with the same make that was already on there and although it imporved a bit for a while. They soon got worse again. I actually swapped them back to the old ones about 2 days ago with a little improvement! The discs seem clean enough and I have never tried to clean them in anything other than water. When I first got the bike they were great and stopped you smooth and quickly. Also if I go no handed at anything above slow my front wheel starts to develop a small wobble which quickly grows into a vicous one that shakes the whole bike. Yet there are no buckles that I can see in either wheels. Could anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks Sie

31-12.-2004, 05:49 PM

leestevens

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Re: Disc brakes or not to brake that is the quesion

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Originally Posted by Sie

Recently my disc brakes have gone from bad to useless. They are extremely
spongy and however much I tighten them up it makes no difference. It doesn't
matter how much pressure I apply. Jelly would stop me more efficently. I
have already once replaced the back pads (even though they wern't worn that
much) with the same make that was already on there and although it imporved
a bit for a while. They soon got worse again. I actually swapped them back
to the old ones about 2 days ago with a little improvement!

The discs seem clean enough and I have never tried to clean them in anything
other than water.

When I first got the bike they were great and stopped you smooth and
quickly.

Also if I go no handed at anything above slow my front wheel starts to
develop a small wobble which quickly grows into a vicous one that shakes the
whole bike. Yet there are no buckles that I can see in either wheels.

Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Sie

Go to this address and search under "disc brake naysayers", http://www.phred.org/mailman/listinfo/framebuilders
i remember a thread going on over there talking about discs versus canti's. Have a look through, some one placed some information there about how disc brakes shit them selves over a certain amount of loading. may be usefull.

31-12.-2004, 06:05 PM