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27-06.-2008, 05:42 AM
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Juddering brakes on Carbon rims....
Hi - I have some new carbon rimmed wheels and the supplied pads seem to
'judder' a lot. Not so noticable at speed but if I am descending a steep narrow gravely hill I am on the brakes a lot, especially if the the road is too narrow to pass cars comming up the hill. If I have to brake quickly both wheels judder when the brakes are applied and it's almost impossible to come to a smooth stop. When the brakes 'grab' it feels like the wheels will skid, the back one especialy is prone to this. I am trying to be gentle with the pressure and not use the back brake too much. Is this 'normal behaviour' for carbon rims? Thanks |
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27-06.-2008, 05:57 AM
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Re: Juddering brakes on Carbon rims....
Keith wrote:
> Hi - I have some new carbon rimmed wheels and the supplied pads seem to > 'judder' a lot. Not so noticable at speed but if I am descending a steep > narrow gravely hill I am on the brakes a lot, especially if the the road > is too narrow to pass cars comming up the hill. If I have to brake > quickly both wheels judder when the brakes are applied and it's almost > impossible to come to a smooth stop. When the brakes 'grab' it feels > like the wheels will skid, the back one especialy is prone to this. I am > trying to be gentle with the pressure and not use the back brake too > much. > > Is this 'normal behaviour' for carbon rims? > > Thanks Live with it. Braking with carbon rimmed wheels suck big time. You can look at the pads if they collected some clearcoat of the rims. You can scrape that off. It will be better for a short while. I sold my carbon rimmed wheels and took my loss. Never felt comfortable on a decent. It actually made you slower. Lou |
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