Spongy brakes
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cmhill79
Posts: 139
Hi Folks
Having issues with spongy front brakes. They seem a little soft on braking and getting some vibration. It's a new bike so pads and rims are not worn at all.
LBS suggested lightly sanding the brake pads and rims - anyone heard of this before?
Thanks!
Having issues with spongy front brakes. They seem a little soft on braking and getting some vibration. It's a new bike so pads and rims are not worn at all.
LBS suggested lightly sanding the brake pads and rims - anyone heard of this before?
Thanks!
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Cables stretch a bit when they are new. You might want to just tighten the cables up.0
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What sort of pads and rims have you got? I ask as some can take time to bed in.0
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Also, how heavy are you? A light person won't experience what a heavy person does as they don't need as much in the way of braking forces. (same with kid's bikes, the brakes don't have to be very powerful for small kids)0
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Not sure about your problem but the title made me thing of sponge cakes and now I'm hungry0
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I've never heard of sanding rims and it's certainly nothing I'd want done to my rims.0
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Have you bled them?I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.0