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Crap brakes in the wet
On 2011-05-20, Travis (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: So it's reasonable to expect that your brakes won't work as well when the rim has been lubricated with water compared to dry conditions, but I was just wondering if there is such a thing as a "wet weather" brake pad which one could swap in over the winter months? Something made from a special material perhaps which grips a wet rim a bit better. My road bike's brakes aren't fantastic when it is wet, but the mountain bike's breaks are simply atrocious. It's your basic cantilever design and they're horrible. Is it possible that it's a cheap supermarket class mountain bike with steel wheels? Steel wheels simply will not ever stop in the rain. You can make a perpetual motion machine out of them. -- TimC Remember, we're using the Internet, not Grammar! --Kibo |
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Crap brakes in the wet
On 2011-05-21, John Henderson (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Travis wrote: So it's reasonable to expect that your brakes won't work as well when the rim has been lubricated with water compared to dry conditions, but I was just wondering if there is such a thing as a "wet weather" brake pad which one could swap in over the winter months? Something made from a special material perhaps which grips a wet rim a bit better. Kool-Stop makes a special pad compound for wet weather - the Kool-Stop Salmon range. Sheldon Brown was a vocal advocate, and for dry weather use as well: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/brakeshoes.html I've used them for years on our rim-brake bikes, and can vouch for their wet performance. If they don't grip, nothing will. I fit them on my then-newish roadbike after hearing good reports out of them. A few days into this, a taxi did a U-turn in front of me. I grabbed a load of front brake, and almost did a head over handlebars. The old brakes certainly didn't have that much grip in the dry! (new bikes and brakes are always good. I was grabbing too much brake yesterday just coming to a gentle stop at traffic lights on my new roady) At least at one stage, Kool-Stop also made a red pad. These are not the same compound. Simply put, the Salmon pads contain the magic ingredient: rust. They can be found occasionally in Australian LBSs. But as always, far more effective, predictable, cheaper and quicker to buy them from overseas. Go figure. -- TimC Yip yip yip yip yap yap yip *BANG* --- NO TERRIER -- JoeB in the Scary Devil Monastery |
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Crap brakes in the wet
On 21/05/2011 3:39 PM, Gettamulla Tupya wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2011 22:39:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote: So it's reasonable to expect that your brakes won't work as well when the rim has been lubricated with water compared to dry conditions, but I was just wondering if there is such a thing as a "wet weather" brake pad which one could swap in over the winter months? Something made from a special material perhaps which grips a wet rim a bit better. Besser block and some rope... yeah, its coming to that, you can't get good leather soles on boots nowadays. |
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Crap brakes in the wet
TimC wrote:
Is it possible that it's a cheap supermarket class mountain bike with steel wheels? Steel wheels simply will not ever stop in the rain. That is simply not true. There is a small window of opportunity to stop between the rims going red hot and flash boiling dry the water and the tyres and tubes exploding from heat fatigue. You can make a perpetual motion machine out of them. Only on a loaded touring bike coming down from Dingo Gate to Moonan Flat. Thank goodness for shoe leather. |
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Crap brakes in the wet
On May 22, 8:51*am, TimC -spam-accepted-
here.org wrote: On 2011-05-20, Travis (aka Bruce) * was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: So it's reasonable to expect that your brakes won't work as well when the rim has been lubricated with water compared to dry conditions, but I was just wondering if there is such a thing as a "wet weather" brake pad which one could swap in over the winter months? Something made from a special material perhaps which grips a wet rim a bit better. My road bike's brakes aren't fantastic when it is wet, but the mountain bike's breaks are simply atrocious. It's your basic cantilever design and they're horrible. Is it possible that it's a cheap supermarket class mountain bike with steel wheels? Steel wheels simply will not ever stop in the rain. *You can make a perpetual motion machine out of them. -- TimC Remember, we're using the Internet, not Grammar! --Kibo They are alloy wheels at least. I suspect the pads just haven't aged well. I'm seeing if I can find compatible pads on eBay or somewhere. Travis |
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