Brakes - apologies if done to death

[Gunk]

I haven’t a clue. I took them to a well renowned ‘bike man’ in my village and he set them up as best he could. He had to put the ‘non-moving’ pad so close to the disc that I think it slightly runs but he showed me that if he didn’t the moving pad really bends the disk and hence poor braking. Giant put upgraded pads on too allegedly!!!

I’ve had the same issues setting them up on my sons old Scott MTB, they’re fine when they’re actually working, however I found that I was constantly having to adjust the cables and the alignment of the caliper, they’re not great.

 

[vickster]

Might be going for a Ribble racing bike - only a £1k one.

No I meant is the Giant a toad bike, hybrid, MTB?

I have TRP spyre cable discs with SRAM brifters on a couple of roadbikes.
The hydraulic hoods (Shimano ir SRAM) on roadbikes are just too big and ugly for me, they make the bike look horrid!

 

[Martinsnos]

No I meant is the Giant a toad bike, hybrid, MTB?

I have TRP spyre cable discs with SRAM brifters on a couple of roadbikes.
The hydraulic hoods (Shimano ir SRAM) on roadbikes are just too big and ugly for me, they make the bike look horrid!

Ah - a hybrid (Escape I think it is).

 

[vickster]

Ah - a hybrid (Escape I think it is).

Different type of brakes to a ribble roadbike then

 

[Martinsnos]

Different type of brakes to a ribble roadbike then

Hopefully hydraulic discs ‘good’ on the Ribble then?

 

[vickster]

Hopefully hydraulic discs ‘good’ on the Ribble then?

Which ones? Sone of the older Shimano brifters aren't so good. Which bike is it?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Which ones? Sone of the older Shimano brifters aren't so good. Which bike is it?

Unlikely to be brifters on a hybrid I’d have thought.

 

[vickster]

Unlikely to be brifters on a hybrid I’d have thought.

He (?) said they are looking at a Ribble roadbike (racing bike) in post 14

 

[Ming the Merciless]

He (?) said they are looking at a Ribble roadbike in other thread

There is the confusion then, needing to cross check threads!

 

[vickster]

There is the confusion then, needing to cross check threads!

It was this thread, post 14

 

[vickster]

Might be going for a Ribble racing bike - only a £1k one.

This one

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

There are no new Ribbles with hydraulic brakes at 1k though..

 

[vickster]

Hence post 21 👍

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It was this thread, post 14

Ah you said other thread, even more confusing

 

[vickster]

Ah you said other thread, even more confusing

Yes I edited, my bad