How to make my disc brakes louder?

Tufa

Hello everyone,

I've got my Giant Fastroad SLR like 2 months ago, did like 600 miles since then and just realised I love when my disc brakes make some weird loud noise while I'm braking. I feel much more useful using that instead of my bell...

Is there any specific brake pad for Shimano M315 which would considered loud (but effencient in all type of weather)?

imposter2.0

Save money by learning to mimick the sound...

cooldad

Lube the rotors, then you can enjoy your screams when you crash.

vpnikolov

cooldad wrote:

Lube the rotors, then you can enjoy your screams when you crash.

Solid advice.

veronese68

The noise is in inverse proportion to the amount of noise you want them to make. Riding down a nice quiet road first thing in the morning when it' a little damp you'll get an almighty honk from the brakes. Some lemming steps out in front of you because they are more worried about the rain than being run over, not a sound.

bianchimoon

stick a lolly stick in your rear spokes

photonic69

Wash the disks and pads with Meguiars Gold Class Car Shampoo.... seems to work for me! HHHHOOOONNKKKKKK!!!

dee4life2005

PhotoNic69 wrote:

Wash the disks and pads with Meguiars Gold Class Car Shampoo.... seems to work for me! HHHHOOOONNKKKKKK!!!

I can confirm that Meguiars Ultimate Wash and Wax works equally as well at making the disc brakes squeal ... took me ages to work out that was possibly my problem. Since I've switched to a cleaning shampoo without any additives like wax/sealant I've barely had any issue and a couple of seconds of brake drag is usually enough to make them go silent again. Doesn't help the neighbors at the end of street get woken by the squeal every weekday morning though

I do agree on the squeal being useful in lieu of a bell on bike paths, but to be honest I hate the noise and much prefer them to be silent - and that's not taking into account that because there is a noise there is more than likely a resulting degradation in braking performance.

Tufa

dee4life2005 wrote:

PhotoNic69 wrote:

Wash the disks and pads with Meguiars Gold Class Car Shampoo.... seems to work for me! HHHHOOOONNKKKKKK!!!

I can confirm that Meguiars Ultimate Wash and Wax works equally as well at making the disc brakes squeal ... took me ages to work out that was possibly my problem. Since I've switched to a cleaning shampoo without any additives like wax/sealant I've barely had any issue and a couple of seconds of brake drag is usually enough to make them go silent again. Doesn't help the neighbors at the end of street get woken by the squeal every weekday morning though

I do agree on the squeal being useful in lieu of a bell on bike paths, but to be honest I hate the noise and much prefer them to be silent - and that's not taking into account that because there is a noise there is more than likely a resulting degradation in braking performance.

Thanks for these ideas, i was thinking more likely to change my brakepads to metalic or other different compound than organic, hopeing for a bit more "agressive" sound.
I am commuting from lewisham to marble arch so definitely no quiet areas on my route.

graeme_s-2

Have you tried shrieking like a banshee every time you apply your brakes?

dee4life2005

Tufa wrote:

Thanks for these ideas, i was thinking more likely to change my brakepads to metalic or other different compound than organic, hopeing for a bit more "agressive" sound.
I am commuting from lewisham to marble arch so definitely no quiet areas on my route.

If you're thinking about switching to sintered pads then you might be best to check what discs you have. I know the oem shimano discs that came with my bike specified resin pads only ... as they need to be specifically hardened discs to cope with sintered pads (?)

Tufa

Graeme_S wrote:

Have you tried shrieking like a banshee every time you apply your brakes?

yeah I did.. but it's not that effective after the puberty..

dee4life2005 Thanks for the tip, I will do some research before the replacement.

pilot_pete

dee4life2005 wrote:

If you're thinking about switching to sintered pads then you might be best to check what discs you have. I know the oem shimano discs that came with my bike specified resin pads only ... as they need to be specifically hardened discs to cope with sintered pads (?)

Never heard that before and I’ve been running sintered pads for years and I’m still on my original rotors...

PP

dee4life2005

Pilot Pete wrote:

dee4life2005 wrote:

If you're thinking about switching to sintered pads then you might be best to check what discs you have. I know the oem shimano discs that came with my bike specified resin pads only ... as they need to be specifically hardened discs to cope with sintered pads (?)

Never heard that before and I’ve been running sintered pads for years and I’m still on my original rotors...

PP

My bike has these discs fitted from new ... shimano br785s hydraulics callipers ... definitely resin only pads ...
https://www.probikesupply.com/products/ ... n-pad-only

cooldad

That's what the little tags say, but I've used plenty of sintered pads and never worn a rotor out.

Saying that, there are far better compounds.

Unless you're an idiot and prefer noise to stopping....