"The standard cure is to clean the brake blocks.
Check if they are shiny and sand them lightly until they are dull.
you usually only have to sand the rim unless brake performance is poor.
This is how you do it on low tec. bikes. (alloy rims)
Sounds…"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Don (Who's lost?) Nairn Jun 16, 2012. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Hey I have a set of yellow swissstops that are squealing on a set of boras. Has anyone else had this problem and how did they fix it.
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Charles replied to joseph scuteri's discussion Squealing brakes"Happy to have my brakes sqeal, better than a bell. I was watching a doco on the 1962 Tour De France , and boy, did those bikes brakes sqeal decending the mountains."
Alastair (A-Man) Dowler replied to joseph scuteri's discussion Squealing brakes"My rear pads are still cork, they howled when first fitted but now they don't make a sound and work very well."
"That old chestnut!
Carbon wheels and swisstops can be a few things, perhaps dirty rim or soiled pads but too clean a pads can sqeal too!
Check if pads have toe in as said before, even a slight bit will help but make sure whole pad grips under full…"
Richard Stevens replied to joseph scuteri's discussion Squealing brakes"I changed pads ;) but agree with Alastair on their use as a warning device. I too was told to toe them in to assist stopping the squeal and to scrub the breaking surface clear of the yellow build up from the pads.
Also.... I…"
Alastair (A-Man) Dowler replied to joseph scuteri's discussion Squealing brakes"Add a little bit of toe in so the shoes look like this in brackets > ( / \ ) My swisstops squeal when I brake hard but it generally when some nutcake driver pull out in front of me, the squeal acts as a horn in that case."
"Heather, only really necessary if they do squeal. I usually drop the wheel out, roughen the brake pads with course sand paper and use a medium wet and dry on the wheel braking surface. Wipe all surfaces clean before reassembly. A damp rag will do."
Simon Lownsborough replied to joseph scuteri's discussion Squealing brakes"Sounds like such a first-world problem! Sorry, just maybe a bit of jealousy there. :-)"
heather replied to joseph scuteri's discussion Squealing brakes"Derek, I have not heard before of cleaning the brakes. Would you provide more detail?"
Derek Hasel replied to joseph scuteri's discussion Squealing brakes"Hi Joseph. I use a Mavic 'pumice' stone to clean the braking surface on my Eurus rims. Seems to work. Also use it on the brake blocks themselves."
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Hey I have a set of yellow swissstops that are squealing on a set of boras. Has anyone else had this problem and how did they fix it.
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