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Has anybody any tips on getting a good response from a front brake. My brakes are dia compe 901's via a hollow stem bolt and it just seems really spongy and slow to respond. It is also difficult to get the calipers to pull in equally on both pads.Is this just due to the routing of the cable? Does it reduce performance when you cut the cable length?
Ed sort it out, running your cable through that purpose designed cable guide is hardly going to reduce the stopping power you may already have!?!?!
Quote from: Robbo on April 25, 2011, 02:33 PMEd sort it out, running your cable through that purpose designed cable guide is hardly going to reduce the stopping power you may already have!?!?! Well Rob... in my opinion ( IMO ) it does help so I posted up what works for me.Its a much tighter line through the cable guide...it a bitch to get in ( and out ) and fooks up the cable. The way I have it is a better curve for the cable and is easy to do... especially when you are setting up a new bike and might need to take it on/off a few times...and the brake works perfectly.so
Quote from: ED209º on April 25, 2011, 02:39 PMQuote from: Robbo on April 25, 2011, 02:33 PMEd sort it out, running your cable through that purpose designed cable guide is hardly going to reduce the stopping power you may already have!?!?! Well Rob... in my opinion ( IMO ) it does help so I posted up what works for me.Its a much tighter line through the cable guide...it a bitch to get in ( and out ) and fooks up the cable. The way I have it is a better curve for the cable and is easy to do... especially when you are setting up a new bike and might need to take it on/off a few times...and the brake works perfectly.so You are the king of odd brake cable routage but I still love you x
Quote from: Robbo on April 25, 2011, 03:22 PMQuote from: ED209º on April 25, 2011, 02:39 PMQuote from: Robbo on April 25, 2011, 02:33 PMEd sort it out, running your cable through that purpose designed cable guide is hardly going to reduce the stopping power you may already have!?!?! Well Rob... in my opinion ( IMO ) it does help so I posted up what works for me.Its a much tighter line through the cable guide...it a bitch to get in ( and out ) and fooks up the cable. The way I have it is a better curve for the cable and is easy to do... especially when you are setting up a new bike and might need to take it on/off a few times...and the brake works perfectly.so You are the king of odd brake cable routage but I still love you x and me you.I'm setting off now.Usual layby.8.30.
Sorry you are right I do have the 880. I guess the lube should help and I think you are right on the size of the loop at the forks. Mine is an 85 master and I have just used 1 of the guides on the forks. I am sure the outer sleeves of the brake cables used to have a metal end cap on both ends of the cable. The cable I have has no cap on the caliper end. Any experience with different brake blocks? On my skyways I am using generic White blocks and not the genuine item. Maybe that would help stopping power.