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SRAM Rival squeal
Try taking your brakepads out and see if they are getting wear equally and over the whole surface. If not the brake caliper is slightly misaligned, still brakes fine but can give noise.
Also how worn is the rotor? Is it shiny silver (good) or dull?
This is bad: :)
svenhöek-
The front rotor has always been very very slightly out of true (probably came like that), which doesn't help on the noise front (will sometimes squeak even when not wet) - they're most likely quite worn now too - I'm guessing 12,000km or so. How long should we expect them to last?
thanks for the tip
KarlMarx
Hello,
I have SRAM Rival Hydro on a Canyon. I've had it about 2/3 years and for this whole time, the brakes squeal like HELL in the wet. I have tried keeping rotors immaculately clean, changing pads, using different types of pad but the result is always the same. It's a horrid noise that's embarrassing if you're riding down a busy street in the wet, giving everybody a fright. It's a cruel trick that in occasions when you need braking power the most, you're at your most reticent to use it... any tips on that front?
Additionally, in the past year or so, the front lever gets incredibly spongy and eventually becomes easy to pull right back to the drop. The pads have been changed and LBS confirmed the system doesn't need bleeding, they just adjusted the reach and told me to crack on. But about 2-3 months down the line, the lever is in the same position as it was. Braking on the front is therefore middling at best.
Would appreciate some input, am hoping to transplant the groupset and brakes onto a new bike so be nice to get over some of these niggles when that happens. Thanks!