Idiots' Guide to Road Disc Brakes

[theclaud]

I am fairly confident that, if our Claudine ever met the obnoxious Gove, the verbing of nouns would be quite a way down the agenda....

It's a closer threat than you imagine - my mum lives in his constituency. I met the former MP, Michael 'Father of Bear' Grylls, and the nicest thing that I can think to say about him is that he was not MIchael Gove...

 

[theclaud]

Yes it is a collection of bits, disks, brakes, hubs, rims, and spokes.

If I go to your albums I can see the pic as an album cover, but it tells me I don't have permission to view it. Should I take this personally?

Are those Spyres?

 

[theclaud]

Yes they are.

Let me know how you get on with the clearance. I can't shake the suspicion that I might just have overlooked something simple...

 

[theclaud]

@theclaud, better?

Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss! It appears upthread now.

 

[jowwy]

Let me know how you get on with the clearance. I can't shake the suspicion that I might just have overlooked something simple...

You having issues with spyre disc calipers claud

 

[theclaud]

You having issues with spyre disc calipers claud

It stems from The Claud not knowing exactly how much the time saving target should be over 10 miles, or something.

Ha.

Yep see upthread. Not really having issues any more but the clearance between the front caliper and the spokes was impossibly small with the original setup. I've now got a mahoosive rotor and have tweaked the wheel slightly, so it's just about OK, but still a pretty tiny gap.

 

[jowwy]

Ha.

Yep see upthread. Not really having issues any more but the clearance between the front caliper and the spokes was impossibly small with the original setup. I've now got a mahoosive rotor and have tweaked the wheel slightly, so it's just about OK, but still a pretty tiny gap.

I have both bikes setup with spyres and dont seem to have any issues with clearence

What bike is it on claud

 

[theclaud]

I have both bikes setup with spyres and dont seem to have any issues with clearence

What bike is it on claud

Kaffenback II - it's all in the thread...

 

[theclaud]

Right you were, it was a flatish bit.

Yes but it wasn't the sort of destruction I was expecting. Nemesis doesn't like to be tied down too much.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Two wheels done and working.

How about the stopping? Sometimes that's more important.

 

[theclaud]

Bumpetty-bump. I've just realized I know nothing about disc brake pads. Is there any kind of standardization, or is it a free-for-all? The Spyre ones are about £14, but they don't look significantly different from eg these...

 

[ianrauk]

Bumpetty-bump. I've just realized I know nothing about disc brake pads. Is there any kind of standardization, or is it a free-for-all? The Spyre ones are about £14, but they don't look significantly different from eg these...

Check Disco Brakes and Merlin for maybe even cheaper prices. Semi metalic ones are my pads of choice. Last a very long time and have very little squeal in the wet.

 

[ianrauk]

Yup. Just checked Disco Brakes and the Deore pads are £5.25 a pair.

 

[theclaud]

Brilliant! Thanks Ian.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Fwiw you can buy very thin shim washers that sit between the disc rotor and the hub to offset the disc and cope with frame and fork manufacturing tolerances which are often not quite what they need to be disc wise.

As to pads whatever superstar sells slows me down.