Hi Seth, Another option here:
My commuter/cross bike had Avid Shorty 6 brakes when I bought it - very similar to the BR550s. They stopped pretty well but squealed and shuddered badly. I tried a lot of different things - different pads, toe-in adjustments, different straddle cables, help from the LBS etc. I could minimize the problem but not eliminate it, and even when I got it to a minimum, it took a lot of fiddling to keep it there. I replaced the brakes with the new design Shorty 6s - the ones that are kind of triangular-shaped, as opposed to the lever-arm design of the older Shorty 6s and the BR550s. Problem Solved! I know that there is a bunch of alchemy involved with brake squeal - harmonics, fork flex, pad compound et al, but this change solved the problem for me. Stock pads, normal toe-in. The stopping power of the new design seems to be somewhat less than the old ones, but I considered this to be a minimal trade-off. Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
