brakes

"David Maggs" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this and how can i stop them
Squecking.

It's often cured by setting the "toe in" of the pads, see:
http://www.parktool.com/repair_help/howfix_linearbrakes.shtml

Some, not neccessarily cheap, brakes have an inherent problem.

Regards,
Pete

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David Maggs <[email hidden]> asked:

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My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this

THis is cos you keep trying to slow Down, or stOp

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and how can i stop
them Squecking.

You must kepe going.

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Dave

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Morton Burner

Alternative Bunsen

David Maggs said:

My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this and how can i stop them
Squecking.

"Squeak", with an a and no c.

Usually this is because the back edge (leading edge relative to the rim
rotation direction) of the brake pad contacts the rim before the front end.

Try walking whilst scuffing your shoes, first by putting your toes down
first, then putting your heel down first. Your brakes are set up
"toe-first" causing them to dig in.

How you do this depends on the type of brakes, but you need to persuade
them to touch "heel first".

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http://tranchant.plus.com/

"We build our cars to go, not to stop. Let us hear no more of this foolish
talk about brakes!" - variously attributed to Ettore Bugatti, Alexandre
Darracq and Ernest Ballot

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"David Maggs" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this and how can i stop them
Squecking.

Screeching, squealing brakes, thats mountainbiking.

What model brakes do you have and which brakepads
do you prefer?

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My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this and how can i stop
them Squecking.

I'm assuming you've got V brakes. If you've got Hope disks, the solution
is to clean the disks with meths. This may work for other disk brakes
too.

With V brakes, if the brakes are good and the pad compound's OK then the
problem is probably toe-in. The front end of the pads should be nearer
the rims than the back.

Some brake blocks, however, just squeak. The solution is to try another
brand; Kool-stop are often recommended but I've never used them myself.

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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, David Maggs

(') said:

My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this and how can i stop
them Squecking.

I'm assuming you've got V brakes. If you've got Hope disks, the
solution is to clean the disks with meths. This may work for other
disk brakes too.

Also will for rim brakes if there's grease on the rim.

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With V brakes, if the brakes are good and the pad compound's OK then
the problem is probably toe-in. The front end of the pads should be
nearer the rims than the back.

Some brake blocks, however, just squeak. The solution is to try
another brand; Kool-stop are often recommended but I've never used
them myself.

Kool Stops stop good but the v-versions can actually squeal worse than
average pads :-(

~PB

"David Maggs" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:cep74r$chg$1
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My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this and how can i stop them
Squecking.

As with all bits on a bike that squeak, put a drop of oil on them 😉

Graeme

(no, please don't do this, I'm just being silly)

"Dave Larrington" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"We build our cars to go, not to stop. Let us hear no more of this

foolish

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talk about brakes!" - variously attributed to Ettore Bugatti, Alexandre
Darracq and Ernest Ballot

Always satisfying to know those I feel are cleverer than me still
harbour(ed) groundless opinions.
As has been subsequently learned: the better the brake = the later the
possible application = more time for acceleration or at teminal velocity =
more ground covered in a given period = win.
Actually they must have been quite thick as surely they wouldn't argue that
increased acceleration rates are pointless and at the end of the day braking
is just the mirror image of acceleration in a motion control profile.

Regards,
Pete

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[email hidden] says...

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As with all bits on a bike that squeak, put a drop of oil on them 😉

Graeme

(no, please don't do this, I'm just being silly)

Back in the good ol' days of anodized everything, a friend discovered
that Turtle Wax kept his frame clean and sparkly while off-roading. In a
fit of stupidity, he decided to use it on his anodized rims as well!
Need I continue?

Jon

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"Dave Larrington" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"We build our cars to go, not to stop. Let us hear no more of this

foolish

Quoted message said:

talk about brakes!" - variously attributed to Ettore Bugatti,
Alexandre Darracq and Ernest Ballot

Always satisfying to know those I feel are cleverer than me still
harbour(ed) groundless opinions.
As has been subsequently learned: the better the brake = the later
the possible application = more time for acceleration or at teminal
velocity = more ground covered in a given period = win.
Actually they must have been quite thick as surely they wouldn't argue
that increased acceleration rates are pointless and at the end of the
day braking is just the mirror image of acceleration in a motion
control profile.

The story I heard was the the Bugatti model of the day (typo 37, I
think) notoriously didn't have very good brakes, and Ettore was being
berated about this by a journalist. So he was, errmm, putting a good
spin on it.

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Jon Senior <jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove> wrote in
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Need I continue?

No doubt he did, at high speed to 🙂

Graeme

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Mark Tranchant <[email hidden]> rote

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David Maggs said:

My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this and how can i stop
them Squecking.

"Squeak", with an a and no c.

I hav this prolblem, and the sond is defnitly ''Squeck'' wiv a c and no a.

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Usually this is because the back edge (leading edge relative to the
rim rotation direction) of the brake pad contacts the rim before the
front end.

Try walking whilst scuffing your shoes, first by putting your toes
down first, then putting your heel down first.

this woud dewfnitely stop the breaks sqecking but he dont want to walk.
walking woud aslos stop yor tires pnucturing but he dont want to walk.going
in the car would stop it aswel but praps he aint got a car and hes to far to
go to walk so he needs to stop his breaks squecking. or get the Bus

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Your brakes are set up
"toe-first" causing them to dig in.

no, they sould be toe in but they squeck so they aint

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How you do this depends on the type of brakes, but you need to
persuade them to touch "heel first".

see, yor rong about this too, cos they sqeck more when they touch heel firs
like you started to say but then you sed to make them touch heel first they
sould touch toe first.

--
Morton Burner

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Morton Burner <[email hidden]> expounded sagaciously:

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Mark Tranchant <[email hidden]> rote

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David Maggs said:

My brakes squeck on my mountain bike .Why is this and how can i stop
them Squecking.

"Squeak", with an a and no c.

I hav this prolblem, and the sond is defnitly ''Squeck'' wiv a c and
no a.

Quoted message said:

Usually this is because the back edge (leading edge relative to the
rim rotation direction) of the brake pad contacts the rim before the
front end.

Try walking whilst scuffing your shoes, first by putting your toes
down first, then putting your heel down first.

this woud dewfnitely stop the breaks sqecking but he dont want to
walk. walking woud aslos stop yor tires pnucturing but he dont want
to walk.going in the car would stop it aswel but praps he aint got a
car and hes to far to go to walk so he needs to stop his breaks
squecking. or get the Bus

Quoted message said:

Your brakes are set up
"toe-first" causing them to dig in.

no, they sould be toe in but they squeck so they aint

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How you do this depends on the type of brakes, but you need to
persuade them to touch "heel first".

see, yor rong about this too, cos they sqeck more when they touch
heel firs like you started to say but then you sed to make them touch
heel first they sould touch toe first.

ouch i just tried stoping my bike by toutching the rim wiv my toe first and
my foot got cort in the spokes so DONT DO THIS
the bike did stop tho, but ther was stil a lot of squecking but it was my
voice sqecking not the breaks
i broke my wheel and i think i broke my toe so i wont be walking or driving
so ill get The Bus and ther wont be no more squecking so thats sorted

--
Morton Burner

Simon Brooke said:

The story I heard was the the Bugatti model of the day (typo 37, I
think) notoriously didn't have very good brakes, and Ettore was being
berated about this by a journalist. So he was, errmm, putting a good
spin on it.

One version I heard was a racing driver complaining to the Boss about the
lack of braking power on the motorcar in question, maintaining that this
was why he was unable to drive the thing quickly. At which point Tazio
Nuvolari butted in, saying he didn't quite understand what the problem was,
as surely the way to go fast was to use the accelerator...

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