My Raleigh Cayusa bike came with Novatech cable disk brakes - they seemed ok at first, but recently the rear brake has given up any pretence at actually breaking once underway. I want to get this fixed as I mainly ride with a 'tow' bike attached to my saddle post, which my 4 year old son rides.
Naturally I am concerned about being able to stop when I want to - although the terrain we are riding over is not particularly extreme, we do have some long descents with constant breaking required. With the extra weight of tow bike and son, I am very conscious that only the front brakes are doing anything to slow me down, and would like some guidance as to whether a set of hydraulic brakes would be considered overkill (and I should just fix the Novatech breaks), or should I consider something like a set of Formula B4, or Hope M4.
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My Raleigh Cayusa bike came with Novatech cable disk brakes - they seemed ok at first, but recently the rear brake has given up any pretence at actually breaking once underway. I want to get this fixed as I mainly ride with a 'tow' bike attached to my saddle post, which my 4 year old son rides.
Naturally I am concerned about being able to stop when I want to - although the terrain we are riding over is not particularly extreme, we do have some long descents with constant breaking required. With the extra weight of tow bike and son, I am very conscious that only the front brakes are doing anything to slow me down, and would like some guidance as to whether a set of hydraulic brakes would be considered overkill (and I should just fix the Novatech breaks), or should I consider something like a set of Formula B4, or Hope M4.
Thanks
Paul
I don't know what those Novatech brakes are but more often then not people think their cable brakes are broken when they just need adjustment. Cable brakes do not have the ability to adjust for pad wear so there is likely some mechanism to turn that will advance both pads closer to the rotor to compensate for wear. At some point you will run out of pad, have to replace them wth new ones and have to back off this adjustment. I would look into that before buying anything else. -- _________________________ Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia ramsays-online.comramsays-online.comOpen ↗
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I don't know what those Novatech brakes are but more often then not people think their cable brakes are broken when they just need adjustment. Cable brakes do not have the ability to adjust for pad wear so there is likely some mechanism to turn that will advance both pads closer to the rotor to compensate for wear. At some point you will run out of pad, have to replace them wth new ones and have to back off this adjustment. I would look into that before buying anything else. -- _________________________ Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia ramsays-online.comramsays-online.comOpen ↗
Chris - it turns out that during my last round of maintenance I moved the rear wheel out of its 'optimum' allignment - the brake pads were not properly alligned with the disc - now at least I have some brakes back!
