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Offline Peanut

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too close?
« on: February 16, 2006, 01:08 PM »
I tried something last night and think I may have found my brake problem. I've been running the pads very close to the rims, theory being that the closer they are the more pressure I can impose with the levers. Tried slackening them off a bit last night and they now bite the rim.

Is there an optimal distance for brake pads??

Or am I just a tw@t?

Sanmarcopizza

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Re: too close?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2006, 01:11 PM »
There is a chance that your little digits are not applying their maximum pressure at full stretch, so now that the lever travels closer to the bar them pinkies can pull harder.

theRuler

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Re: too close?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2006, 01:25 PM »
Or am I just a tw@t?

its trial and error.
you do need a little gap, to get more feel to the brake

Offline TwoBobRob

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Re: too close?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2006, 07:03 PM »
Yeah, I'd agree with them two  ^^^^^^^  :)


A clear air gap is needed for sure. What you could do is set that gap and then give your levers a bend if you want more space between your bars and levers.  If you see what I mean...  :)

Nana

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Re: too close?
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2006, 07:48 PM »
Are you using oddys as i found this that the bigger the gap the better the feel and more bite weird huh :-\ also found if you tilt your pads so every part of the rim gets hit they work better ???

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