You're getting brake fade, pt', if the brakes are just cable only so no hydraulics then the fault must be with the material that the brake pads are made from. The pads must be heating up and loosing their cohesion against the rim of the wheel in the process, then gain it, again, once the pads have cooled down. Get some water cooled brake pads fitted...lol, investigate to see if there are other types of break pads that work at a higher temperature.
Hi Theo and thanks very much for that explanation, I kind of wondered if that was a possibility. occurred again yesterdayriding down a long hill. But i've now got the hang of it, I just release the brake lever for a few seconds and then you're back to normal breaking again. (til the next time) This begs the question why do these disc breaks suffer this problem, on my old mountain bike which uses the old style brake blocks, I've never had a problem in 30 years of riding. Maybe I should look around at getting some decent brake pads, I may go to the specialist bike shop a mile away to see what they've got. Best wishes Nick
Hi - As a Mountain biker and an electronics enthusiast i do like your channel but your bike problems concern me on safety grounds. With stem clamp bolts there should never be a need for any threadlocker. The torque alone is always enough providing there is a small gap top and bottom where the clamp meets the body of the stem and they are properly torqued up evenly and with the torque applied in a X pattern. If that is not the case please make sure the clamp is not fractured as that would be extremely dangerous. Suggest you check it out carefully. Not sure about your brakes but please don't take any risks - don't want your next video to be from a hospital bed !
Thanks for the comments Kevin, yes I'm aware of torqueing the bolts up carefully, but that didn't solve the issue after the first time it happened, & there is definitely no crack in the casting of the clamp so that was my only option to use thread lock. As for the brakes I've been told I'm suffering brake fade. So now have installed different composition pads on the front, but is too cold to test them at the moment. Probably do a ride tomorrow & video as it's supposed to be milder. Best wishes nick
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Thanks for the update.
You're getting brake fade, pt', if the brakes are just cable only so no hydraulics then the fault must be with the material that the brake pads are made from. The pads must be heating up and loosing their cohesion against the rim of the wheel in the process, then gain it, again, once the pads have cooled down. Get some water cooled brake pads fitted...lol, investigate to see if there are other types of break pads that work at a higher temperature.
Hi Theo and thanks very much for that explanation,
I kind of wondered if that was a possibility. occurred again yesterdayriding down a long hill. But i've now got the hang of it, I just release the brake lever for a few seconds and then you're back to normal breaking again. (til the next time) This begs the question why do these disc breaks suffer this problem, on my old mountain bike which uses the old style brake blocks, I've never had a problem in 30 years of riding.
Maybe I should look around at getting some decent brake pads, I may go to the specialist bike shop a mile away to see what they've got.
Best wishes Nick
Hi - As a Mountain biker and an electronics enthusiast i do like your channel but your bike problems concern me on safety grounds. With stem clamp bolts there should never be a need for any threadlocker. The torque alone is always enough providing there is a small gap top and bottom where the clamp meets the body of the stem and they are properly torqued up evenly and with the torque applied in a X pattern. If that is not the case please make sure the clamp is not fractured as that would be extremely dangerous. Suggest you check it out carefully. Not sure about your brakes but please don't take any risks - don't want your next video to be from a hospital bed !
Thanks for the comments Kevin, yes I'm aware of torqueing the bolts up carefully, but that didn't solve the issue after the first time it happened, & there is definitely no crack in the casting of the clamp so that was my only option to use thread lock. As for the brakes I've been told I'm suffering brake fade. So now have installed different composition pads on the front, but is too cold to test them at the moment. Probably do a ride tomorrow & video as it's supposed to be milder. Best wishes nick