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coventry_eagle
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I fucking hate disc brakes!
Took a Deore hydro off my Day One a couple months ago and replaced it with a bb7 (because I was tired of the constant rubbing with the Deore that despite my best efforts I couldn’t fix) and put it away in a clean, dry box with other clean, dry parts.
Refitted it yesterday and it squeals like a pig. Like, ridiculously badly.
Torched and sanded the pads, cleaned and sanded the disc yesterday then drag and douse all the way to work this morning and it’s just getting there. Bite not bad. Only noisy as I come to a stop.
Bike sits indoors all day while I’m working (not in the workshop so no contamination from errant wd40 skooshes or anything) then I go to ride home and the squeal is back and the bite has gone.
Drag and douse brings the bite back for all of about 5 minutes.
It’s not a fluid leak at the caliper as the lever has (and always has had) very little pull and a solid feel.
I’m tempted to braze posts onto the fork and run a rim brake.