spartan Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Ok so basically i decided that i would bring my bike into work and clean it all off.I pulled the chain off and the rear cog and everything and cleaned it all with bike lust.So i put it all back together and adjust my vee pads and jump on the bike and my vee brake had lost ALL power.Before i cleaned it it was working amazing with great power and bite.Now it feels like crap, no bite to speak of and i will pull the lever to the bars and the brake will still slip when i rock.All i did was clean the braking surface with bike lust, some may have gotten onto the pads but i gave them a light sanding also. I have a medium grind with rock blue vees pads and use a hint of tar.Why the f**k to my brakes suck the big one now clean when the kicked ass dirty??Im so pissed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King C Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Not sure what this bike lust stuff is, Im guessing its a cleaning agent type thing but what I would do is regrind the rim and sand the pads down. I would assume its the bike lust stuff thats contaminated the brake making it go poop. Regrinding and sand down the pads will remove it from both surfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 it'll have made the tar go gay, give it a fresh grind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 If it's designed for cleaning paintwork/metalwork, it's pprobably oil based or containes wax. Degrease or regrind the rims and it'll be fine... Sand the surface of the brake blocks too just in case they're at fault (Pretty unlikely to be a problem for long on a ground rim though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 (edited) K so i cleaned the rim with chain degreser and then with rubbing alcohol then dried it real good.Hoping it works!!Nope miserable failure.As bad as before!! Edited April 21, 2008 by spartan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Regrind your rim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyota200x Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Soap & Water with a toothbrush works good for cleaning a rim surface. Then wash it off with water and let it dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Have you tryed putting on a new layer of tar?Because if you had to resort to using tar, your brake most proberly wasn't that good to begin with. And if the 'cleaner' f*cked up the tar a little - your brake would now be as you described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 I haven't really had many braking issues that weren't solved by pouring water over the brake, pedalling really fast, then scrubbing the brake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yeah quick regrind and a couple o mins to bed in and its perfect now.I dunno but does anyone have trouble with the rock blue pads, i just cant seem to get the bite i want with them, maybe cuz my grind isnt super hard but i find i always need to use tar.Thanks for the help though,Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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