Follow up - Had my Hillborne out for a ride this morning. Noticed that there is a movement in the fork when braking at slow speeds. Didn't seem to affect handling or anything. More like the brake is grab/release quickly and the bent fork trying to straighten out.
Now, I don't consider this to be a bad thing. In fact, probably would not have noticed if this had not come up. Don't plan to change anything because of it. But the original poster is not imagining things. Does seem like the mechanical advantage issue where there is a lot when first applied and then modulation is less. For what it's worth, the bike has a headset hanger and the stock pads were swapped out to Yokozuna models from Rivendell. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Apr 17, 12:38�pm, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > Second what he said, and go through the standards: Clean the rims with > alchohol, some even sand them lightly. �If that does not do it try > lightly sanding or filing the pads to clean them as well. �Next stop > is Pauls or V-Brakes. �I went through this with my Cross-check, but > the judder was at all speeds, as set of mini-v brakes brought it > almost to a omplete stop, but I was so tired of fiddling with it I > sold the bike and bought the Rawland with discs. �The stud slop is > only one weak link in the system, and I believe it helps to magnify > every other weak spot in the system. > > The other possibility is that with the wide profile and High cable > they may be too powerful. �Sounds hard to swallow, but I can make the > fork hop on the rawland with discs. �Watch the front wheel closely > when you are doing this and see if it is spinning in a stop start kind > of a thing or locked up and hopping along like a pogo stick. > > Rob > > On Apr 17, 10:22�am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > > on 4/17/10 9:51 AM, MikeC at mecinib...@sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > > I find it strange that some SH owners have this issue while others > > > have not had an issue. My pads were installed flush, but they are > > > koolstop MTB pads with the the designed to provide tow-in > > > automatically. I get no squeal just the low-speed shudder. �I will > > > look into pad angle. > > > Pad angle will definitely cause that issue. I've had that happen with and > > without accompanying squawking. The Kool Stops also tend to bite a newer rim > > a lot better than most pads. New pads + New rims = shudder, IME. > > > I've never been able to run the KS pads flush. Always put a touch o' toe-in > > on them. > > > I'd also just double-check that the housing endcap is not moving in the > > hanger, and that there's no gap when the housing runs into the brake lever > > itself. > > > > I am using the max straddle cable height allowed by the stock cable > > > that came with the CR720's. I will try increasing the spring tension. > > > Photo anywhere? > > > - J > > > -- > > Jim Edgar > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > "One Cog - Zero Excuses" L/S T-shirt - Now > > availablehttp://www.cyclofiend.com/stuff > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > > -- > > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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-bu...@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.
