A quick one about brakes..

dai_t75

Evening all,

Apologies if this is a daft question...

Just changed the stock brake pads on my Triban for a set of Swiss stop ones. Problem is they seem significantly 'fatter' than the stock ones were when new. On the front there is no issue and I can just about adjust the brakes side to side to allow the wheel to spin freely. On the back wheel though I cannot get it to spin freely, it rubs against one rim or the other.

I have found a way around this though:
If I open the release switch thing (the one you twist when you want to take the wheel off - sorry don't know the proper name for it), then there is no rubbing and the brake seems to work fine. So basically I just wanted to check if there would be any issues if I rode with the 'switch' open, at least until the pads wore down a bit?

Thanks as always.

Gizmodo

It'll be fine. Have you screwed the adjuster where the cable meets the brake arm in all the way?

http://youtu.be/zLqrhFzW8s0

dai_t75

Gizmodo wrote:

It'll be fine. Have you screwed the adjuster where the cable meets the brake arm in all the way?

http://youtu.be/zLqrhFzW8s0

Cheers for that video mate, very informative. They spin fine now with the switches shut. Added bonus - I now know how to adjust the brake cables Thanks again.

lc1981

It's a good skill to have as now, as your pads wear down, you can incrementally adjust the cables so that you're not having to pull the levers too far back.