bing Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Advice please fellas, got a brand new Clarke disk brake on the front of my jump bike, is set up properly and has naff all power. New pads, new disk, all nice and clean. Pads are sintered metal ones judging by the appearance. Help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andeee Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) On 11/12/2011 at 7:42 PM, danchandler said: Advice please fellas, got a brand new Clarke disk brake on the front of my jump bike, is set up properly and has naff all power. New pads, new disk, all nice and clean. Pads are sintered metal ones judging by the appearance. Help? For my bb7 i poured water on the rotor and rode around for 10-15 mins pulling the brake until i got a sharp bite. If you dont want to poor water try and set it up to the best biting point and constantly ride around with your brake on until you get a sharp nip. Works for me x Edited November 12, 2011 by Andeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Ride down a big hill dragging the brake all the way down, or just ride around with the brake half on for a fair while, chuck water on, repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le @ Tnn Engineering Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 On 11/12/2011 at 7:54 PM, Andeee said: For my bb7 i poured water on the rotor and rode around for 10-15 mins pulling the brake until i got a sharp bite. If you dont want to poor water try and set it up to the best biting point and constantly ride around with your brake on until you get a sharp nip. Works for me x Wet run in works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgresty Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 either, ride around dragging the brakes to get them very hot and then pour on water or pour on boiling water out the kettle, then drag brakes whilst riding round personally i do the latter, works really well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) On 11/12/2011 at 8:15 PM, Skoze said: brake half on for a fair while, chuck water on, repeat. The other way round. Water first, brake dragging second. There's no point in chucking water onto a hot rotor, it'll just evaporate straight away. The whole idea is to keep it cool and and wet all the time. You'll get the best cutting effect when the rotor is semi-dry so don't keep flushing it. edit: to put it short - 1 run would be about 100 yards. - 2-3 runs on a very wet rotor (lots of water, flush dirt) - 3-4 runs on a semi-dry rotor (little water) - 1 long run starting with very wet rotor, finish when dry Edited November 13, 2011 by Greetings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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