A new record?
- Thread starter Rod Tibbs
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Possibly, I'm not sure Rod.
I did see your original post but don't know the pad type that your bike uses. As we have a number of Mistral owners I thought you'd soon get an answer from one them, but of late the number of members coming into the site have been quite low.
Lloyd of 50cycles entered a useful post illustrating each type and describing them, adding two recommendations which I'd happily agree with:
Brake pad types
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I did see your original post but don't know the pad type that your bike uses. As we have a number of Mistral owners I thought you'd soon get an answer from one them, but of late the number of members coming into the site have been quite low.
Lloyd of 50cycles entered a useful post illustrating each type and describing them, adding two recommendations which I'd happily agree with:
Brake pad types
.
Is this a record?
Thanks Flecc. I knew I could rely on you. The Synergie has standard V brakes and a pretty standard looking set of blocks. But I had heard somewhere that there were different rates of wear and stopping power with various V blocks so wanted to be bit cautious.
The discussion you listed on brakes was very informative but as I am using V brakes it just comes down to make and materials I suppose.
Thanks for your comments Mussels. Nice to have set some kind of record on here. I have been telling newbies to e biking that all they have to do is to ask on this Forum and they will get instant help - so I felt a bit of a fool!
Rode a bike called a Sparta(?) at ETS the other day. It seems quite sanitary just like many of its competitors. Certainly won't rush to change the Synergie for it though. Have you come across this Flecc? ETS don't seem to be actually advertising it at the moment.
Rod
Thanks Flecc. I knew I could rely on you. The Synergie has standard V brakes and a pretty standard looking set of blocks. But I had heard somewhere that there were different rates of wear and stopping power with various V blocks so wanted to be bit cautious.
The discussion you listed on brakes was very informative but as I am using V brakes it just comes down to make and materials I suppose.
Thanks for your comments Mussels. Nice to have set some kind of record on here. I have been telling newbies to e biking that all they have to do is to ask on this Forum and they will get instant help - so I felt a bit of a fool!
Rode a bike called a Sparta(?) at ETS the other day. It seems quite sanitary just like many of its competitors. Certainly won't rush to change the Synergie for it though. Have you come across this Flecc? ETS don't seem to be actually advertising it at the moment.
Rod
Yes I do know the Sparta Ion Rod, it's got a direct drive motor that's very weak on hills. Originally designed in Holland for their flat home market, it didn't even have any gears. When it was first sent here it was ridiculed for having no gears plus a weak motor so they quickly added a derailleur and named it the Sparta Ion M-gear, but that still left it a very poor climber. A Velovision review said it has just enough power to pull itself up a hill, leaving the rider to do as much as if riding a normal bike. One big disadvantage is that it has to go back to a dealer for the software to be reset if the back wheel is removed for a tube or tyre change.
On the plus side, it's beautifully styled and manufactured, quality throughout, so in a flatter area it can be a good buy if close to a reliable agent. The same company make the Koga Miyata with the same motor and equally poor climb ability.
On the brakes, the pad quality is as you say, and I've always found Shimano's pads good from a low rim wear point of view, coupled with good braking force. Setting new pads up is the obvious procedure of aligning them with the rim so they do not overlap top or bottom of the riim edge and don't contact the tyre wall. It's good practice to have them contacting at the front fractionally early by about a millimetre so the contact pressure builds up as the brake is applied, avoiding judder.
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On the plus side, it's beautifully styled and manufactured, quality throughout, so in a flatter area it can be a good buy if close to a reliable agent. The same company make the Koga Miyata with the same motor and equally poor climb ability.
On the brakes, the pad quality is as you say, and I've always found Shimano's pads good from a low rim wear point of view, coupled with good braking force. Setting new pads up is the obvious procedure of aligning them with the rim so they do not overlap top or bottom of the riim edge and don't contact the tyre wall. It's good practice to have them contacting at the front fractionally early by about a millimetre so the contact pressure builds up as the brake is applied, avoiding judder.
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You asked a question about a specific bike, that will cut down greatly the number of responses as there aren't many Mistral owners who post on here. Sometimes I will wait a few days for a Wisper specific answer as the few people who can answer it don't log in every day.
You may consider answers along the lines of "I haven't experimented much but I find brand X good" to be a helpful response but others may not reply as they feel they have nothing useful to add, sometimes nothing useful is a good answer in itself but you can't make people do that.
Many people on here are novices in the cycling world and could be worried about giving the wrong information and if it's about brakes it could be considered dangerous, trying and be helpful but then being told they are wrong isn't a nice thought. I haven't seen many people berated for trying to help on here but it happens, I have been abruptly told I don't have enough experience to comment on a subject and should keep quiet.
Another reason for no responses is if it has been discussed recently and people are tired of giving the same answers, I don't know if this is the case here.
You may consider answers along the lines of "I haven't experimented much but I find brand X good" to be a helpful response but others may not reply as they feel they have nothing useful to add, sometimes nothing useful is a good answer in itself but you can't make people do that.
Many people on here are novices in the cycling world and could be worried about giving the wrong information and if it's about brakes it could be considered dangerous, trying and be helpful but then being told they are wrong isn't a nice thought. I haven't seen many people berated for trying to help on here but it happens, I have been abruptly told I don't have enough experience to comment on a subject and should keep quiet.
Another reason for no responses is if it has been discussed recently and people are tired of giving the same answers, I don't know if this is the case here.
Yes agreed, I haven't changed a set of brake pads for at least 10 years. I even had my bike serviced at the LBS a couple of weeks ago.
I have been muddling through some maintenance jobs myself as time allows. Puncture repair, Inner tube replacement, chain cleaning, and spoke adjustment. I usually do a search on google and watch a video or 2 first.
Example " How to replace bicycle brake pads" (Blocks)
YouTube - How To Replace Bicycle Brake Pads
Adjusting a V Brake:
YouTube - 1 - Adjusting a V-Brake
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