Brake shoes
Jul. 11th, 2008 07:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The brake shoes on my bike were looking very thin, but when I removed them to replace them yesterday, they still mic'd at just a hair over 3mm, which is the replacement point. I'll leave them in for a while longer. It looks like they went in somewhere around 11,800 miles, and I'm at 14,500 now, so probably 3000 miles on a set. Of course, the ones I'm replacing it with are generics, not Avids, so they may wear differently.
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Date: 2008-07-11 03:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-11 03:45 pm (UTC)I do need to look at the alignment; they're wearing a bit wedge-shaped, I'll try to fix that when I put on the new pads so I should get a bit more life out of the next set. That invalidates my wear testing ($20 Avid versus $6 chinese knockoff pads) but I don't care that much. If I get 1000 or 5000 miles out of the next set, that's pretty clear anyway. If I get 2500 to 3500, then it's not.
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Date: 2008-07-11 03:48 pm (UTC)I'm sure not overly impressed with the factory pads. They're spalled and uneven and look horrendous. Of course, they're in a very dirty, salty environment, but they haven't been magic.
OTOH, these brakes are great, very responsive and crisp.
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Date: 2008-07-11 05:26 pm (UTC)