Big_oll Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 I don't want to grind my rear rim, and tar make a horrible noise! I've sanded my pads down as they were covered in tar and cleaned my rims with white spirit. What else can i do to have quiet powerfull brakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Ceramic rims and black or red magura own brand pads :D Smooth, silent, lock powerfully :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzane_2 Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Ceramic rims and black or red magura own brand pads :D Smooth, silent, lock powerfully :D ← Well said that man... but i do get a squeek on the front with that setup:S but the back is silent for some reason.... depends on what cerimic rim u get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Umm, if my memory serves me well you might wanna clean that rear rim with something like Fairy liquid now, as the White Spirit whilst taking the tar off adds a very thin layer of oil (or something) which screws the brake up. Methylated (sp) spirits are the best way I think :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 get your rim chromed ? i went on steves 24in leeson the other day with his crome rim and red pads and the brakeing power was amazing i could not belive how much stopping power it had. but the down side steve was telling me about was that when you get the slightest bit of wetness on it it totally dosent work he was saying he was holding the brake down with 2 fingers and it felt like there was no brake touching Pauly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Just put up with the squeeking... It's that or have a realy crap brake :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishwog Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Magura or Vee??? If Magura, go with Bennifer's option, but if it's a Vee brake, just always have your rim clean, and your pads fresh and sanded and they work brillo without grind or tar. Fibrax black CARTRIDGE pads work well, not there solid ones, and Plazmatic's work well aswell... How well do Magura spanish flies work on a smooth rim?? Similar to the Vee version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the666ers Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 How on earth could white spirit leave oil on the rim? It's alcohol based so will evaporate pretty quickly and clean your rim a gud'un. I always used to clean my rims with white spirit, no worries. If white spirit has oil in it, put it on your chain and see how long it lasts without rusting (Y) I'd say a grind with black or red pads. No squeak, just a "swoosh" noise, and decent lock too. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dave Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Basically there is no "decent" brake thats silent, if there was, i think 90 % of trials riders would use it, as i no the noise gets on my nerves too but i just put up with it. all these surjestions of black pads on grinds, and black pads on ceramic rims, is weird, because they dont work at all! the only way you would get a good'ish silent brake on the back would be to get a disc (Y) howver, an avid v-brake with avid rim wranglers2 on a clean rim are reasanble, but again you have no chance of stopping in the wet. althogh saying all this, lloyd watts, has some tart pads on his 521 and they are silent, not the best brake in the world but it holds (Y) Dave :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Just live with the noise. I love the noise, i'm trying to get my brake to squeak like a b*****d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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