Break pads

[Jotheboat]

Yes I've changed them, rear wheel too. Hydraulic things that were making an awful noise and not slowing me down much.
A couple of You Tube videos and dived straight in. Covered in oil, a couple of false moves, but we got there.
The went for a gentle test run and.............. oh must sign off, the ambulance has arrived....

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Did you break your brake pads before replacing them?

 

[cyberknight]

my commuter pads glazed over whilst left over x mas, i had to sand them down to stop the noise .

 

[ColinJ]

my commuter pads glazed over whilst left over x mas, i had to sand them down to stop the noise .

I borrowed a bike from my cousin in Scotland last autumn and soon discovered that the brakes squealed horribly and barely worked. I managed to burn most of the gunk from the front pads by repeated heavy braking on a long, fast descent. Less success with the rear brake though.

 

[HLaB]

I remember when I lived in Edinburgh 17 years ago I got chased down by what I thought was a nutter (driving on the wrong side of the road etc). It turned out to be a bloke I had met for the first time at the club run at the weekend. He turned up for the next few rides. The last time I saw him was when he said he had solved his squeaky brakes (rim) with oil!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It’s what happens when you break stuff.

 

[sevenfourate]

……The last time I saw him was when he said he had solved his squeaky brakes (rim) with oil!

This is a well known Hack. The oil also stops brake parts going rusty 🤣🤣🤣

**So I’ve heard.

 

[alex_cycles]

This is a well known Hack. The oil also stops brake parts going rusty 🤣🤣🤣

**So I’ve heard.

You only need to do it once as well.

 

[Jotheboat]

Did you break your brake pads before replacing them?

No, the bloke I got them off (a chap who pedals (!) his wares from a bus stop just outside Oldham) said because they're organic, a series of brakes, gentle to gradually more severe on the initial ride, would break them in.
Actually, my local shop is called The Endurance Hub, and the guy in there is savvy.

Out of interest, the ODO on the bike's computer reads 1260, which is how long the old pads lasted.

 

[Paulus]

No, the bloke I got them off (a chap who pedals (!) his wares from a bus stop just outside Oldham) said because they're organic, a series of brakes, gentle to gradually more severe on the initial ride, would break them in.
Actually, my local shop is called The Endurance Hub, and the guy in there is savvy.

Out of interest, the ODO on the bike's computer reads 1260, which is how long the old pads lasted.

Is the miles or kilometers?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

my commuter pads glazed over whilst left over x mas, i had to sand them down to stop the noise .

My fronts are constantly glazing, perhaps due to very light application?

I sand them to remove it, maybe once a fortnight, & the disc gets a going over at the same time

 

[Jotheboat]

Is the miles or kilometers?

miles. Is it about average? It's an MTB so some hilly stuff involved.

 

[Marchrider]

I thought the thread was going to be a holiday flat in a city

 

[Jotheboat]

I thought the thread was going to be a holiday flat in a city

Or Brake Pods - stopping quickly in yurts.