I can't believe I waited so long.

About 10 years ago I put Shimano LX parallel-push V-brakes on my touring
bike. Ever since then the front one has had a horrible squeal.
I tried all the common treatements; Different kinds of pads, adjusting
toe-in, dismantle, grease, reassemble. Nothing ever worked. I just lived
with it.

Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a
difference. No more squeak and so much more stopping power. I can't
believe I put up with the LX's for as long as I did.

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

widely known the 'basic's' installation is foolproof

Op 1-5-2013 18:20, Király schreef:
About 10 years ago I put Shimano LX parallel-push V-brakes on my touring
bike. Ever since then the front one has had a horrible squeal.
I tried all the common treatements; Different kinds of pads, adjusting
toe-in, dismantle, grease, reassemble. Nothing ever worked. I just lived
with it.

Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a
difference. No more squeak and so much more stopping power. I can't
believe I put up with the LX's for as long as I did.


After my first set of XTR V-brakes on a second hand bike started to
squeel like hell because of the developed play in the pivots of the
parallel mechanism I was cured. I switched to simple Avid V brakes and
never looked back.

Lou

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:19:24 PM UTC-4, Lou Holtman wrote:
Op 1-5-2013 18:20, Király schreef:

About 10 years ago I put Shimano LX parallel-push V-brakes on my touring

bike. Ever since then the front one has had a horrible squeal.

I tried all the common treatements; Different kinds of pads, adjusting

toe-in, dismantle, grease, reassemble. Nothing ever worked. I just lived

with it.



Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a

difference. No more squeak and so much more stopping power. I can't

believe I put up with the LX's for as long as I did.





After my first set of XTR V-brakes on a second hand bike started to

squeel like hell because of the developed play in the pivots of the

parallel mechanism I was cured. I switched to simple Avid V brakes and

never looked back.

I got very used to hearing the parallel squeal on a friend's bike, a guy who had much more money than I, and always wanted to buy the "best" - defined as the most expensive.

What amazes me is that Shimano somehow missed this problem during product development, or else chose to ignore it.

- Frank Krygowski

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:49:07 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:19:24 PM UTC-4, Lou Holtman wrote:

Op 1-5-2013 18:20, Király schreef:



About 10 years ago I put Shimano LX parallel-push V-brakes on my touring



bike. Ever since then the front one has had a horrible squeal.



I tried all the common treatements; Different kinds of pads, adjusting



toe-in, dismantle, grease, reassemble. Nothing ever worked. I just lived



with it.







Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a



difference. No more squeak and so much more stopping power. I can't



believe I put up with the LX's for as long as I did.











After my first set of XTR V-brakes on a second hand bike started to



squeel like hell because of the developed play in the pivots of the



parallel mechanism I was cured. I switched to simple Avid V brakes and



never looked back.



I got very used to hearing the parallel squeal on a friend's bike, a guy who had much more money than I, and always wanted to buy the "best" - defined as the most expensive.



What amazes me is that Shimano somehow missed this problem during product development, or else chose to ignore it.



- Frank Krygowski

Elementary my dear
Watson, elementary.

Built in break squeal is a clever new feature of brakes so that as you brake to avoid hitting texting pedestrians on the road the loud squealing brakes also work as an auditory warning device which causes to texter to look up whilst saying , "WTF?" and then hopefully jumping out of your way before you hit them.

Cheers

On May 1, 10:54*pm, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:49:07 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:19:24 PM UTC-4, Lou Holtman wrote:

Op 1-5-2013 18:20, Király schreef:

About 10 years ago I put Shimano LX parallel-push V-brakes on my touring

bike. Ever since then the front one has had a horrible squeal.

I tried all the common treatements; Different kinds of pads, adjusting

toe-in, dismantle, grease, reassemble. Nothing ever worked. I just lived

with it.

Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a

difference. No more squeak and so much more stopping power. I can't

believe I put up with the LX's for as long as I did.

After my first set of XTR V-brakes on a second hand bike started to

squeel like hell because of the developed play in the pivots of the

parallel mechanism I was cured. I switched to simple Avid V brakes and

never looked back.

I got very used to hearing the parallel squeal on a friend's bike, a guy who had much more money than I, and always wanted to buy the "best" - defined as the most expensive.

What amazes me is that Shimano somehow missed this problem during development, or else chose to ignore it.

- Frank Krygowski

Elementary my dear
Watson, elementary.

Built in break squeal is a clever new feature of brakes so that as you brake to avoid hitting texting pedestrians on the road the loud squealing brakes also work as an auditory warning device which causes to texter to look up whilst saying , "WTF?" and then hopefully jumping out of your way before you hit them.

Cheers

IOW, it's a feature, not a bug. Got it!

- Frank Krygowski

In article , (Király)
wrote:

About 10 years ago I put Shimano LX parallel-push V-brakes on my touring
bike. Ever since then the front one has had a horrible squeal.
I tried all the common treatements; Different kinds of pads, adjusting
toe-in, dismantle, grease, reassemble. Nothing ever worked. I just lived
with it.

Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a
difference. No more squeak and so much more stopping power. I can't
believe I put up with the LX's for as long as I did.

This noise is especially unwelcome when you are riding across an alpine
meadow where there are free-ranging cows. I changed from XT to "plain"
Deore in ca. 2005.

Ned

On Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:18:43 AM UTC-4, Ned Mantei wrote:
In article , (Király)

wrote:



About 10 years ago I put Shimano LX parallel-push V-brakes on my touring

bike. Ever since then the front one has had a horrible squeal.

I tried all the common treatements; Different kinds of pads, adjusting

toe-in, dismantle, grease, reassemble. Nothing ever worked. I just lived

with it.



Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a

difference. No more squeak and so much more stopping power. I can't

believe I put up with the LX's for as long as I did.



This noise is especially unwelcome when you are riding across an alpine

meadow where there are free-ranging cows. I changed from XT to "plain"

Deore in ca. 2005.



Ned

The noise of ANY squealing rake is unwelcome if you are slowing or stopping to take a picture of a critter (deer on the rail-trail) and the loud noise scares them into another dimension.

On 2013-05-02, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:18:43 AM UTC-4, Ned Mantei wrote:
In article , (Kir?ly)
wrote:

Finally I installed a set of basic Shimano V-brakes. Holy cow. What a
difference. No more squeak and so much more stopping power. I can't
believe I put up with the LX's for as long as I did.

This noise is especially unwelcome when you are riding across an alpine
meadow where there are free-ranging cows. I changed from XT to "plain"
Deore in ca. 2005.

The noise of ANY squealing rake is unwelcome if you are slowing or
stopping to take a picture of a critter (deer on the rail-trail)
and the loud noise scares them into another dimension.

When dealing with free-range cows or wild pigs or what have you,
the problem isn't them being scared and running away. It's the
converse--them running at you, and you being scared. Better to have
stealth brakes so as to not draw undue attention.

--
Gregory S. Sutter Mostly Harmless

http://zer0.org/~gsutter/