Brake Pad Touching Tyre

[fossyant]

Just keep an eye on them. Looks OK to me. I keep an eye on my two canti braked bikes, as the pads wear, the pad moves 'lower' on the braking surface.

My old Dura Ace brakes have a 39-49 drop, and my pads are around the 42 ! - older bikes had much tighter clearance as we didn't have tractor tyres. I had long drop brakes on the commuter bike as it had room for guards.

 

[Jimmy Welch]

Just keep an eye on them. Looks OK to me. I keep an eye on my two canti braked bikes, as the pads wear, the pad moves 'lower' on the braking surface.

My old Dura Ace brakes have a 39-49 drop, and my pads are around the 42 ! - older bikes had much tighter clearance as we didn't have tractor tyres. I had long drop brakes on the commuter bike as it had room for guards.

Cheers buddy

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You’ll soon know if the brakes are catching your tyres

 

[figbat]

Still looks high to me and remember things will change as pads wear.

I agree - although they are clear of the tyre the pads still look like they will wear around the edge of the rim.

 

[T4tomo]

I agree - although they are clear of the tyre the pads still look like they will wear around the edge of the rim.

Yes, slightly mitigated by the fact that, if used with the correct pads - which appears to be the case, carbon rims don't wear as fast as alu ones, but you don't want to be wearing the rim right at the edge when its holding the tyre bead.

I'd be getting longer drop calipers if it were me.

 

[Jimmy Welch]

I think I'll buy this ......

 

[Jimmy Welch]

I think I'll buy this ......

Does anyone know anything about pull ratio and ST compatibility

 

[Jimmy Welch]

There's the spec

 

[figbat]

What levers do you have? If 105 then they are the 5xxx series.

 

[Jimmy Welch]

What levers do you have? If 105 then they are the 5xxx series.

Yes 5800

 

[figbat]

So it seems from brief googling that 5700 and 5800 have different brake pull ratios, but I do not know which way around. You will either have a very short lever pull meaning sharp brakes or you will have a long lever pull meaning lots of travel with the risk of bottoming the lever on the bars.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Why do bikes have to be so complicated

 

[Jimmy Welch]

Why do bikes have to be so complicated

Ever tried taking a brake apart , no forum in the world can help you with that

 

[Dogtrousers]

Ever tried taking a brake apart , no forum in the world can help you with that

When restoring some old 80s era bikes some years ago I did actually take some centre pulls apart. I cleaned polished them up nicely. It wasn't all that difficult to take them apart.

However, putting them back together. Now, that was a different matter. Spring goes boing! Spring goes ping!

 

[Jimmy Welch]

When restoring some old 80s era bikes some years ago I did actually take some centre pulls apart. I cleaned polished them up nicely. It wasn't all that difficult to take them apart.

However, putting them back together. Now, that was a different matter. Spring goes boing! Spring goes ping!

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