Is this true?

evernas
evernas Posts: 43
edited July 2011 in MTB general
Hi there.I have read on some forums that original pads not squealing at all or just a bit compared to other brands - for example Shimano to Kool Stop?Is this true or is urban legends?Thank you
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    all brake pads can make noises.
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  • DickBarton
    DickBarton Posts: 201
    Rim brakes or disc brakes? Rim brakes tend to squeal if they are not 'toe-in' properly (the front of the pad should hit the rim just before the rear of hte pad...stops about 99% of all rim-brake pad squeaks.

    Disc brakes is a whole different kettle of sushi - pad temperature/rotor temperature/how clean/dusty...
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    DickBarton wrote:
    Disc brakes is a whole different kettle of sushi - pad temperature/rotor temperature/how clean/dusty...
    And cycles of the moon, and the alignment of the stars.

    All disc brakes make noises from time to time. In fact, in the middle of the night, when it's really silent, you can hear them whispering to you. Telling you things. Telling you to kill them. Kill them all.
  • bike-a-swan
    bike-a-swan Posts: 1,235
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    DickBarton wrote:
    Disc brakes is a whole different kettle of sushi - pad temperature/rotor temperature/how clean/dusty...
    And cycles of the moon, and the alignment of the stars.

    All disc brakes make noises from time to time. In fact, in the middle of the night, when it's really silent, you can hear them whispering to you. Telling you things. Telling you to kill them. Kill them all.

    :lol:
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  • sofaboy73
    sofaboy73 Posts: 574
    i personally find the high frequency warbling sound (like a turkey being inter-feared with) that occurs with absolutely no rhyme or reason not only stangley soothing but very useful alerting walkers to your presence, driving dogs crazy for miles around and scaring away other turkeys (they follow you you know.... especially at Christmas)
  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    sofaboy73 wrote:
    ... (like a turkey being inter-feared with) ...

    That is funny on so many levels! :D
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  • wesk
    wesk Posts: 131
    And to answer the op with an actual example, my Shimano XT brakes made the previously mentioned turkey being raped noise when used with Superstar rotors and pads. Completly silent with oe parts. I now only use shimano. Works for me.
  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    andrewjoseph wrote:
    sofaboy73 wrote:
    ... (like a turkey being inter-feared with) ...

    That is funny on so many levels! :D

    Im more concerned with how he knows what a turkey being abused sounds like????eewwwww
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I'm a little concerned that you DON'T know the sound of a turkey being abused :lol:
  • TuckerUK
    TuckerUK Posts: 369
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    I'm a little concerned that you DON'T know the sound of a turkey being abused :lol:

    Me too, he's obviously gagging them.. Pervert!
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  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    As much as I enjoy doing rude things with birds, Ive drawn the line at the feathered variety up to know, perhaps I should indulge? Any you'd recommend? Aside from turkeys?
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  • TuckerUK
    TuckerUK Posts: 369
    DickBarton wrote:
    Rim brakes or disc brakes? Rim brakes tend to squeal if they are not 'toe-in' properly (the front of the pad should hit the rim just before the rear of hte pad...stops about 99% of all rim-brake pad squeaks.

    I've found that not to be true with asymmetric cartridge pads (ie XT/XTR spec with one side longer than other relative to mounting thread) on my bike. Zero toe, silent braking.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Tom Howard wrote:
    As much as I enjoy doing rude things with birds, Ive drawn the line at the feathered variety up to know, perhaps I should indulge? Any you'd recommend? Aside from turkeys?
    There's some guy here called Pasty or something - he's obsessed. You should be asking him, really.

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