Anyone know anything about disc brakes?

Yeah, there's a definite difference to the amount of squeal from front (resin) and rear (sintered) pads on my bike currently. I do kind of like the blend - when it's wet I can jam the rear on to scare dosy peds or I can use the front when I don't want to freak out someone doing nothing wrong in front of me (or sneak up on another commuter olympics victim).

Glad to hear! (or rather not hear)

Does that mean the rotor was warped or have you now made it bowl shaped? What benefit does grinding off the lawyer tabs provide?

My Escapade makes a noise at the rear when I ride hard again presumably due to the frame flexing. It's a 132.5mm spaced rear end and the pads never seem to get parallel to the rotor and therefore rear braking is not optimal. I wonder if this a consequence of a 135mm hub on a 132.5 mm frame, if so a 130mm hub would give similar results.

Rotor was probably bent a bit.

Removing lawyer lugs means less time to get the wheel in/out, easier too. It also means I don't have to almost entirely undo the QR skewer to take wheel out. Because the tabs were so big I'd normally unwind the skewer all the way, which sucks.

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170225_02750888

It looks like someone has written a whole news article in lorum ipsem or maybe fallen asleep on a keyboard...

I heard due to the perceived dangers of disc brakes on racing bikes the UCI will start trials of drum brakes as of next season...

Have the UCI considered just getting riders to jam their shoe against the back tyre like all the gangly youths on child's bikes do?

How do you think Sky riders have been getting all those marks on their shoes this season?

Margarine Gains - no braks!

Hello. Looking for advice on low friction brake cables that would make a significant difference to brake performance. Looking at the Gore low friction cables. What is different about cable actuated (not hydraulic) disc specific cables? Or is there no difference?

Apologies if this has been answered on here already I searched the thread and couldn't find it.

Looking for advice on low friction brake cables that would make a significant difference to brake performance.

Don't waste money on expensive cables that make dubious claims about their low friction, just buy cheap compressionless (ie bmx) cables and replace them more often.

CRC had bmx cables for like £2 or something a couple weeks ago.

The Gore stuff is fricken awesome tho - install it right and it lasts forever.

Fair enough, just always seems pretty pricey whenever I've looked at it.

Nice but pricey

Is it normal for sintered pads to occasionally feel as if they're worn right down, when they're not? This seems to be condition dependent, only really happens in the dry with moderate braking.

Pulled the front pads out of the Kinesis this morning as they were making a different noise to normal. One side is almost done in. I knew they were a bit misaligned but could be arsed re-centering the caliper.

Anyone actually tried to put Shimano road disc pads in the wrong way? ie. L to R side?

I purchased my Shimano style pads from Superstar Components and was completely unaware the pads had a left and right handedness.

The Shimano ones are marked L and R and the fins are not symmetrical. I've never actually tried to fit them backwards so I don't know if it can be done, given the cooling fin shapes.

Ah, mine lack cooling fins, so either orientation is fine.

Not cool man, not cool.

:P

Obviously I will try and insert them the wrong way around before leaving the office tonight.

See you in hell disc brake world!

I have done it with G01S with no issues.

They don't have the big cooling fins though.

Not really, pretty much depends on the design, I have these J04C Metal on order, looks symmetrical and fine to be switched and will report back.

The road disc ones are very clearly asymmetric though so might need a persuader

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shimano-road-disc-brake-pads-alloy-backed/rp-prod151619