Squealing front brake.

[Banjo]

The front brake on my steel touring bike is very loud. When I changed from 25c to 35c tyres it immediately got worse.

I have the blocks "toed in" a little which has helped in the past but they are still very loud.

I regullarilly go down a steep hill through a village where Im sure I'm not very popular :-)

I tried using sandpaper on the face of the blocks,it made little or no difference.

Any suggestion would be great.

 

[fossyant]

Can't help - I've tried a lot of different pads on my CX bike, but a 'better' pad, like Clarkes may help.

Give the rims a really good clean - I've found alloy wheel cleaner helps with a squealy rear brake on my commuter (canti's).

 

[Brandane]

Koolstop or Swiss Stop pads, and as above re clean rims...

 

[Banjo]

Ok will try cleaning the rims first then pedal over to the bike shop for new blocks and advice. (Advice from there will no doubt be to buy some eye wateringly expensive new brake blocks.)

 

[Brandane]

Ok will try cleaning the rims first then pedal over to the bike shop for new blocks and advice. (Advice from there will no doubt be to buy some eye wateringly expensive new brake blocks.)

Sometimes they are a price worth paying! Not worth spoiling your riding pleasure for the sake of a few ££, IMHO..

 

[Banjo]

While scrubbing the rims made little or no difference to the decibels . I had a brainwave and found a pair of brake blocks in one of my old quality street tins full of bike bits.

I dont know what make they are but a short trial run seemed to show stopping power at least as good if not better than the old jagwire set and best of all silent. A longer hilly ride will confirm but at the moment I am delighted.

If anyone recognises the make it may be usefull in the future.

 

[Banjo]

Absolutely agree with you Brandane.

 

[Brandane]

If anyone recognises the make it may be usefull in the future.

According to Google pics....
"These look like Clarks CPS305 high-performance road brake blocks, 55mm in size."

 

[Banjo]

They look almost new, I have no idea why I didnt like them and consigned them to the spares tin last time around .And the good folk of Vale of Glamorgan villages can enjoy their Sunday morning lying in .

 

[HLaB]

The front brake on my steel touring bike is very loud. When I changed from 25c to 35c tyres it immediately got worse.

I have the blocks "toed in" a little which has helped in the past but they are still very loud.

I regullarilly go down a steep hill through a village where Im sure I'm not very popular :-)

I tried using sandpaper on the face of the blocks,it made little or no difference.

Any suggestion would be great.

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Ive not used blocks like that in a while but my technique to get rim brakes lined up with a rim and quiet is to, loose the pad holder slightly, pull the brake to line them up and hold them, and whilst holding the brake tighten the pad holder up again.

 

[Banjo]

Just been out to ride a steep downhill. With the " new" blocks the braking is better and makes barely any noise so I am really pleased.

I am still racking my brain trying to remember why I stopped using a nearly new pair of brake blocks .

 

[si_c]

They're generally OK pads - mixed compound types so should improve braking a bit in the wet too.

Plus as a bonus you've now got shoes which accept replacement pads too.