Martin t Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Freakin scary, was lucky it snapped on a tap and not on a railgap or something...Tarty, do i get new ones now they are about 1,5month old and this has never happend to me before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 (edited) Stick a new backing on you woman! Properly glue it in.edit: or phone tarty, and have a word. Edited May 26, 2007 by Scopse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philking Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 (edited) Erm... Not really Rock Pads fault as its the backing which has snapped, and i am pretty sure they are power pad backings backings, so really you can't blame the pad manufacturer. When you say near death experience do you mean you had to go to hospital and norrowly avoided death by the work of an exellent doctor? Or do you mean you had a fall and recken if you had fallen from an inch higher you would of died? What exactly happened to make this a "Near Death Experience"? Edited May 26, 2007 by philking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 haha, shut it phil, he obviously felt scared, i would be pissed off and abit shaken after thet, infact i was when my old rimjams did similar to that.but yeah, find and old pad, boil it in boiling water (duh) the glue the material into that backing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin t Posted May 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Erm... Not really Rock Pads fault as its the backing which has snapped, and i am pretty sure they are power pad backings backings, so really you can't blame the pad manufacturer. When you say near death experience do you mean you had to go to hospital and norrowly avoided death by the work of an exellent doctor? Or do you mean you had a fall and recken if you had fallen from an inch higher you would of died? What exactly happened to make this a "Near Death Experience"?Well i pay 18£ and expect my pads to last abit longer. The "death experience" means it could have snapped on anything and i could have landed with my back over a rail or similar, this time i was lucky. You say rockpads aren't responsable for this, i say they are cause they chose what backings they use and these where shit so im still going to blame them as they are reponsible for what they sell in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 no one else has this problem with the powerpad backings, i imagine it because your brake wasn't set up straight, that COULD allow enough force to snap/bend the backings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin t Posted May 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 It was straight, just checked that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 so you took your wheel out to take the pad out rather than taking the caliper off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oskar Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 eh i dont think he needed to take the wheel or the cylinder out couse the pad f**king snapped?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 (edited) I dont get why people are having ago at him.FFS, his pad just snapped off which could have led to him being seriously hurt.If that happened when you were doing 70 down the motorway in a car im sure you would be pissed off/ deadAnd before people go off on one about it being nothing like it, think before you reply. Edited May 26, 2007 by Si-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin t Posted May 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 so you took your wheel out to take the pad out rather than taking the caliper off?What are you talking about, it was lying on the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 it actually fell completely out THAT IS BAAAAAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin t Posted May 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Yes thats why i wrote near death experience, lever went too the bar..Is there anything more you don't understand or want to be a dick about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash-Kennard Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 STFU i was sympathising with your situation. i would be pissed off too i was just trying to find a cause why it all f**ked up. fanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cristoff Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 HAHA for once ash is being nice to someone, and their having a go at him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 oh dear.you where lucky it happened when it did man like its been said, just replace the backing and itl be as good as new.mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 If you would class this as a near death experience, then maybe we should have a 'Near Death Experience Thread' for everytime your brake slips, or your tyre doesn't grip. I mean, you don't ride trials to be protected from injuries. You've got to expect these sort of things happening, things break and yes you can get hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin t Posted May 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 There is a big difference between a normal brake slip and no brake at all... or just try a railgap with no brake at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 You dont 'expect' your break pad to snap in half do you, how can you prepare for something like that??Some real idiots on here today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 I don't expect my brake to slip, but it happens and you haven't died. It's not like you were totally brakeless, you said only one pad snapped. This exact problem happened to a friend of mine with some heatsink pads and he didnt rave about almost dieing, the one pad he did still have still rubbed. He was gapping, he fell off, he didn't die. Infact he felt the bike flicking out and jumped off the back. How about we hype up your story some more like your steerer tube snapped while gapping over a 20ft drop.I'm not sorry if that sounds like a rant but to be honest, it annoys me when people claim they could of died because of something that's happened to 20 other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oskar Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 f**k all forums are full of f**king morons, f**k! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 (edited) f**k all forums are full of f**king morons, f**k!Lol, I think there is something in the water today stopping rational though, ahwell Edited May 26, 2007 by Si-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 I don't expect my brake to slip, but it happens and you haven't died. It's not like you were totally brakeless, you said only one pad snapped. This exact problem happened to a friend of mine with some heatsink pads and he didnt rave about almost dieing, the one pad he did still have still rubbed. He was gapping, he fell off, he didn't die. Infact he felt the bike flicking out and jumped off the back. How about we hype up your story some more like your steerer tube snapped while gapping over a 20ft drop.I'm not sorry if that sounds like a rant but to be honest, it annoys me when people claim they could of died because of something that's happened to 20 other people.Totally agree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin t Posted May 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 I don't expect my brake to slip, but it happens and you haven't died. It's not like you were totally brakeless, you said only one pad snapped. This exact problem happened to a friend of mine with some heatsink pads and he didnt rave about almost dieing, the one pad he did still have still rubbed. He was gapping, he fell off, he didn't die. Infact he felt the bike flicking out and jumped off the back. How about we hype up your story some more like your steerer tube snapped while gapping over a 20ft drop.I'm not sorry if that sounds like a rant but to be honest, it annoys me when people claim they could of died because of something that's happened to 20 other people.How stupid are you? There was no brake pad left on one side. As far as i know from my five years with maguras the piston that moves the easiest will move so when the other pad just lightly hits the other side of the rim the piston left will travel in the air. That means i was TOTALLY BRAKELESS, the lever travelled all the way to the bar as i mentioned above as the pad fell out completly. "This exact problem happened to a friend of mine with some heatsink pads and he didnt rave about almost dieing, the one pad he did still have still rubbed." This sentence has to be the most stupid ever on trials-forum, how the hell will one pad help when all the power is going to a piston that is moving in the air????? I honestly thought people think before they post something but i guess i'm wrong.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cristoff Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 you posted the topic, this is just what people thinkmy brake slips like a biatch, its rather amusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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