markrat Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 (edited) As title really. Rode my bike for the first time for 3 years and the front pads felt like they werent doing as much as they should be for the pressure i`m putting on them. Its on standard black pads that must be 8 years old.LOL Edited January 24, 2009 by markrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 As title really. Rode my bike for the first time for 3 years and the front pads felt like they werent doing as much as they should be for the pressure i`m putting on them. Its on standard black pads that must be 8 years old.LOLmore likely you have alot of dust on the rim so the pads are sliding, give them a good clean and the contact part of the pads and see if they improve at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrat Posted January 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 ok chers. i`lll give that a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 As title really. Rode my bike for the first time for 3 years and the front pads felt like they werent doing as much as they should be for the pressure i`m putting on them. Its on standard black pads that must be 8 years old.LOLThere is part of the problem, clean the rim and get a better set of pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigamac Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 There is part of the problem, clean the rim and get a better set of pads.+1 on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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