wheres_my_beard
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- Norwich
My Whyte Kings Cross has Lyra disc brakes and Sora levers, and some cross levers too; since new the brakes have been really shoddy, especially at the front. I bought the bike with disc brakes with the hope of consistent and predictable braking but have found that they are poor in dry conditions and worse in wet, and just plain noisy when there is any damp in the air, at all.
When I first got the bike I put the odd braking down to me needing to adjust to a new hand position as I hadn't used STI levers before. However, I soon discovered that there were times that no matter how hard I squeezed, with the pads jammed hard against the disc the bike was just failing to slow and stop properly - the stopping distance with my other bike with caliper brakes is well under half or even a third of this one at similar speeds. Even after the bikes first service when all cables were nice and tight with no play, the brakes didn't really perform properly.
Have I been the victim of some aweful experiment in the introduction of disc brakes to Cyclo Cross bikes or is there hope that this setup can actually function properly? The bike is currently in my shed, unrideable as the front brake has given up on me totally after trying to adjust it myself - there is a 1/2' of play in the cable and casing near the cross levers that i just can't eliminate, and the caliper jams if I try and pull the cable through too firmly....
I'm thinking of getting the bike properly serviced soon, but don't feel too confident this will sort the braking out though.
Is this a warranty or hardware compatibility issue? Anyone else had a similar problem?
When I first got the bike I put the odd braking down to me needing to adjust to a new hand position as I hadn't used STI levers before. However, I soon discovered that there were times that no matter how hard I squeezed, with the pads jammed hard against the disc the bike was just failing to slow and stop properly - the stopping distance with my other bike with caliper brakes is well under half or even a third of this one at similar speeds. Even after the bikes first service when all cables were nice and tight with no play, the brakes didn't really perform properly.
Have I been the victim of some aweful experiment in the introduction of disc brakes to Cyclo Cross bikes or is there hope that this setup can actually function properly? The bike is currently in my shed, unrideable as the front brake has given up on me totally after trying to adjust it myself - there is a 1/2' of play in the cable and casing near the cross levers that i just can't eliminate, and the caliper jams if I try and pull the cable through too firmly....
I'm thinking of getting the bike properly serviced soon, but don't feel too confident this will sort the braking out though.
Is this a warranty or hardware compatibility issue? Anyone else had a similar problem?
