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Front Wheel/ Brake binding?

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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Well said Colin.

Martin6:

--- Quote from: Green1 on August 18, 2024, 09:05:36 AM ---I've always found the best way to bed pads in is to lightly drag the brake on and off a few times to warm the disk up and then get a bit of speed up and don't be afraid to pull the lever hard a few times. 
Maybe do a few cycles and there as good as they will even be.

You will never go over the bars. But bedded in well and using the gearbox they stop ok.

--- End quote ---
I've tried this and it's worked. Reasonable front brake now. Thank you.

florence:
The feel and feedback from the front brake is not very good on these bikes, not the best design.  However, what helped me was to find a very quiet road and do some emergency stop tests at different speeds using a fixed point at the side of the road and seeing how long it took to stop.  I was surprised that the actual braking distance was much better than I had thought.  Your bike should stop and if it doesn't, go over all the braking components again and check.  Also, getting the adjustment right is very important. Annoyingly, on my bike, and I don't know if this is the same for everyone but, when my brake stops squeaking, I know it's maintenance and adjustment time.

Also, I have recently put on a replacement master cylinder and this seems to have improved braking performance a lot.

Green1:
Agree when the squeak stops it's normally due a tweek.

Pauarc:
I change my front brake to twin disc much better

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