Timeline for Total brake failure - trying to understand what happened
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| Jan 10, 2022 at 9:12 | comment | added | Chris H | @stevel the positioning bolts don't need to be touched, but the fixed pad has its own adjustment bolt, that's discussed in my answer (last paragraph before "conclusions) | |
| Jan 9, 2022 at 20:02 | comment | added | stevel | I think all the BBx brake series (certainly BB7) aren't self-centering...you need to move them in by tightening the positioning bolt. if you don't do that then the pads can be too far from the rotor (pad wear) and so not engage fully even when you yank them to their limits. | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 16:31 | comment | added | Chris H | @gschenk I blamed the bad experience on the pads and the execution of the adjustment (by Promax), and to some extent still do. With what I know now, maybe I'd go with Spyres, but I've only learnt that by using the BB5s post crash and being alert to even minor issues. I had a stock of sintered pads, including 2 sets in my saddlebag when I crashed (10 minutes fitting those would have solved things if only I'd known) and no compelling reason to move to a different design. I nearly stuck with the Promax brakes, but would have wanted to strip them down and try to make them adjust more easily | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 16:26 | comment | added | gschenk | Why did you stick with the BB5 design after the bad experience? Wouldn't most of those problems be less serious with brakes that move both pads, such as TRP Spyres? | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 16:25 | comment | added | Chris H | @gschenk :) having only ridden twice with company (and one of those only a few km) in seven months, I'd be very glad of riding companions, spare or otherwise. | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 16:23 | comment | added | gschenk | You check if your riding companions wear out and bring a spare set just in case? /duck | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 11:28 | history | edited | Chris H | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2020 at 11:22 | comment | added | Chris H | Also my residual paranoia extends to riding companions. | |
| Oct 22, 2020 at 11:21 | history | answered | Chris H | CC BY-SA 4.0 |