Break issue?

CyclingObsession
CyclingObsession Posts: 314
edited March 2013 in Workshop
I have a front break issue I have them correctly positioned on the rim, they work fine but if I need to apple breaks at a hazard I'm screwed, the lever pulls and slows me down but it seems that the lads Are not catching the rim the tyre just keeps running through it as if there is oil on it?

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  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    When I decipher your post I may be able to answer it :-)

    Are you saying that you can not stop as quick as you would like?
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    You need to have a word with the lads and explain that they can't have an apple break.
    More problems but still living....
  • sandyballs
    sandyballs Posts: 577
    Is this the workshop forum or grammer forum? To try to be helpful though, what make and model of levers and calipers are you using to try to break/ brake / apple?
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Isn't predictive text a wonderful tool? Fitting some cartridge brake pad holders and decent pads will probably help. Try a soft compound pad like Koolstop Salmons. You might want to clean your rims too with a green Scotchbrite pad.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    'grammer' ? :shock:
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • Bike Radar
    Bike Radar Posts: 11
    Do you have the problem when it is wet, or dry, or both?
  • declan1
    declan1 Posts: 2,470
    Softer brake pads, center them over the rim, move pads slightly further away from rim for more leverage (open brakes slightly) and clean the rim with warm, soapy water.

    What brakes do you have?

    Road - Dolan Preffisio
    MTB - On-One Inbred

    I have no idea what's going on here.

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