Tektro brakes toe-in

John Hearns said:

I just put new pads on, BBB brand cartridge pads. There seems to be a big
toe-out.
Anyone know how to set the toe-in with these brakes?

I answer my own question, bad form I know.
The Park Tools site says that toe-in is not normally adjustable on this
type of brake. It suggests in bad cases of squealing to file down the
trailing edge of the pad.

Sheesh... give me back my old mountain bike cantilevers any day.
And while we're at it, UCI wake up. Wouldn't disk brakes be just the
thing on road bikes hammering down the cols of the Pyrenees?
My dream bike will have them.

John Hearns said:

And while we're at it, UCI wake up. Wouldn't disk brakes be just the
thing on road bikes hammering down the cols of the Pyrenees?
My dream bike will have them.

Heavier brakes plus heavier fork to deal with the loads the calipers put
on them and to stop the braking affecting the steering. So maybe a
dream bike on the way down but not on the way up.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

John Hearns said:

I have a road biek with Tektro brand dual-pivot sidepull brakes.
Normal road bike style brakes.

I just put new pads on, BBB brand cartridge pads.
There seems to be a big toe-out.
Anyone know how to set the toe-in with these brakes?
The pads have a normal washer, not an eccentric one.
The bolts where the fixing nuts go are on a swivel, I assume so
they line up neatly on the brake arms.

Buy pads with the adjusting washers.

Tony Raven said:

Heavier brakes plus heavier fork to deal with the loads the calipers put
on them and to stop the braking affecting the steering. So maybe a dream
bike on the way down but not on the way up.

Dream bikes are powered uphill by the wings of angels.

John Hearns said:

Quoted message said:

I just put new pads on, BBB brand cartridge pads. There seems to be
a big toe-out.
Anyone know how to set the toe-in with these brakes?

I answer my own question, bad form I know.
The Park Tools site says that toe-in is not normally adjustable on
this type of brake. It suggests in bad cases of squealing to file
down the trailing edge of the pad.

Even cruder method: bend caliper arms. But instead I would get Kool Stop
Dura shoes for orbital adjustment and a very good pad compound:
http://tinyurl.com/chgle

Quoted message said:

Sheesh... give me back my old mountain bike cantilevers any day.
And while we're at it, UCI wake up. Wouldn't disk brakes be just the
thing on road bikes hammering down the cols of the Pyrenees?
My dream bike will have them.

My dream road bike wouldn't because it would be lighter with caliper
brakes--good ones of which are more than adequate, with enough stopping
power to launch you over the handlebars if you pull them too hard.

~PB