bikeperson45 Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I've completly trued my wheel and set up my Magura again, but it seems to have lost the lever feel and the bite. I have the hold but I'm able to easily pull the lever almost to the bars. I've undone the TPA and set them up and that didn't make a difference. What can I do to get more bite? I'm using Rockman Greens on a smooth rim and I got the brake new and bled about a month ago.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ullapool Trials Rider Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I know a couple of people that had rockman greens on smooth rims and both of them said that they were rubbish. One of my friends has V!Z HS33 pads (the £15.66 ones not spanish fly) and they have the best hold ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyBazz (: Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Sounds live you've got air in your system... Are any of the bleed bolts loose? Is it possible you have nicked your hose somewhere? Best thing to do would be to bleed it, if it goes spongey again, either try and find the leak, or replace your hose/crossover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Re-bleed it with magura rotay blood, or wait till the christmas ride and I'll bring a hench syringe and my mixture of anti-freeze and water. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardweb Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Re-bleed it with magura rotay blood, or wait till the christmas ride and I'll bring a hench syringe and my mixture of anti-freeze and water. xyeah, the best way might just be to rebleed it! I maae a 50% water and 50% anti-freeze mixture and rebled my brake with it: I have the best lever feel ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Yeah try a rebleed if not you may be loooking at a grind if you want some more bite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Try a tiny amount of tar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Try a tiny amount of tar. As said above only a TINY amount other wise it'll go a bit pete tong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 I've completly trued my wheel and set up my Magura again, but it seems to have lost the lever feel and the bite.Bam. That's it right there. You've lost bite because your pads were bedded in as they were set up before, now you've set them up they'll need time to bed in again. As for the pull, just bbbbbleed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 I know a couple of people that had rockman greens on smooth rims and both of them said that they were rubbish. One of my friends has V!Z HS33 pads (the £15.66 ones not spanish fly) and they have the best hold ever!Strangely, those are the same pads (apart from the colour, of course, which does make a little difference to performance but not a lot, especially on a smooth rim).As above, it's because the pads aren't set up perfectly any more - plus, you've probably got ming from your hands on the rim. Give it a good clean and let it bed in again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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