Let's Talk About Brakes ...

[BretonM]

Check your pads and get some finned ones if you are cooking them that quickly. Don't drag them!

I'd say after a mere 5 seconds of light braking the rotors are hot to the touch ??

 

[Cubist]

I'd say after a mere 5 seconds of light braking the rotors are hot to the touch ??

Are they worn to the metal? Sounds like it. Try some Race Matrix or Kevlar pads.

 

[BretonM]

Exquisitely chiselled from a single billet of Mythril using tools fashioned from Elves' eyelashes. In Barnoldswick.

Sounds good to me

Jokes aside, I do love a good bit of pure English engineering, especially when they're as stunning as many Hope products !

 

[Threevok]

So no bleeding in two whole years ?

Until last summer - No, none at all. The hoses were far too long (they came off a FS bike) but I refused to shorten them until they needed bleeding. - Two years on, the hoses still looked like this

 

[BretonM]

Are they worn to the metal? Sounds like it. Try some Race Matrix or Kevlar pads.

I don't think so, as I say the bike is only a few months old and I never really use the brakes wildly !!

 

[BretonM]

Until last summer - No, none at all. The hoses were far too long (they came off a FS bike) but I refused to shorten them until they needed bleeding. - Two years on, the hoses still looked like this

Nothing wrong with that

 

[Cubist]

I don't think so, as I say the bike is only a few months old and I never really use the brakes wildly !!

I'd check them for wear. Nothing last forever.

 

[BretonM]

I'd check them for wear. Nothing last forever.

I will do !

Thanks for the advice !

What other brakes have you had experience with ?

 

[Drago]

I don't think so, as I say the bike is only a few months old and I never really use the brakes wildly !!

Its possible to wear out MTB pads in an afternoon in the right - or wrong - conditions.

 

[BretonM]

Its possible to wear out MTB pads in an afternoon in the right - or wrong - conditions.

Wow !!
Sounds like an accident waiting to happen to be honest

 

[Jody]

I'd say after a mere 5 seconds of light braking the rotors are hot to the touch ??

All discs will be hot to the touch after 5 second's. Doesn't matter what brand or disc used.

 

[BretonM]

All discs will be hot to the touch after 5 second's. Doesn't matter what brand or disc used.

Really ?

 

[Jody]

Disappointing considering they're only 3 months old !
It seems that after braking, a ticking sound can be heard from the rotors and they seem to heat up incredibly quickly.
Potentially looking for a change to Hope !!

How much do you weigh and how much do you lean on the brakes? If your discs haven't gone all shades of purple then they haven't been that hot.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Really ?

Yes really. What do you think your kinetic energy is turned into? Avid is excellent for turning it into noise but the rest of the manufacturers make it go into heat.

 

[Jody]

Really ?

Of course they will. One good stop from speed and they will be too hot to touch