KneesUp
Guru
I'm assembling another bitsa-bike for a bit of fun.
Having fitted the brakes and new "Tri-zones 900 v-brake pads" (swish, I know!) from Decathlon, I realised that fitting some of the mounting hardware for the rear mudguard would be much easier without the wheel in place, so I took it off. For the nth time (where n is the number of times I've taken a wheel off) - I forgot to slacken off the brakes first, so when I hoiked the wheel it stopped when the tyre hit the brake blocks, as they do.
On this occasion, the brand new brake shoe fell apart - the shaft just snapped and I heard a tinkle of washers and conical adjusters scatter on the floor. It was like a wind chime.
My question is, is this a badly made brake block, or have I just been lucky not to have done if before because they're not designed to take load in the direction the wheel-pull applied it?
Image of the inside of the shaft (stop if @Fnaar) which doesn't look as 'metal-y' as I'd have imagined.
Having fitted the brakes and new "Tri-zones 900 v-brake pads" (swish, I know!) from Decathlon, I realised that fitting some of the mounting hardware for the rear mudguard would be much easier without the wheel in place, so I took it off. For the nth time (where n is the number of times I've taken a wheel off) - I forgot to slacken off the brakes first, so when I hoiked the wheel it stopped when the tyre hit the brake blocks, as they do.
On this occasion, the brand new brake shoe fell apart - the shaft just snapped and I heard a tinkle of washers and conical adjusters scatter on the floor. It was like a wind chime.
My question is, is this a badly made brake block, or have I just been lucky not to have done if before because they're not designed to take load in the direction the wheel-pull applied it?
Image of the inside of the shaft (stop if @Fnaar) which doesn't look as 'metal-y' as I'd have imagined.