Road Bike Front Brake Judder

I switched pads and didn t change anything else to the galfer hh sintered pads and it went away completely.

Road bike front brake judder. I ve got trp hy rd brakes on my condor fratello disc steel bike with carbon forks. Time will tell if it comes back as quickly as before but i now have a new theory regarding the whole brake judder tricross issue. Post by endoism on sun jan 13 2013 11 47 am. Adjust the toe in of the brakes.

Brake judder is the vibration felt through the steering wheel and suspension when the brakes are applied at certain speeds and pressures. Also do all the tips mentioned above ensure headset is not lose. Well just changed the front canti to reg dual pivot long reach road bike brake found a off brand 23 in my local do it youself bike shop kraynicks here in pittsburgh. It s like a 6cm stalk that bolts through a hole on the centre of the fork crown where the fork legs meet in the middle where a road bike caliper brakes are bolted through.

Front fork is stock carbon with alu steerer. Shudder judder at speed when braking. Road bike front brake shuddering. It can vary from a barely noticeable vibration to a violent judder experienced either through the brake pedal or steering wheel judder.

Whats the love of cantis any how in xcross. But i ve checked the rim carefully and can t see anything. I assume there s something wrong with the rim causing the brake pads to catch rim braking not discs. When i apply the front brake i can feel a shudder or pulse through the front wheel fork and handlebars.

Discuss light weight issues concerning road bikes parts. Tried the hanger it helped but chatter was still there enough it bugged me. The frame is a 58cm and i weigh 88kgs. As a benefit the brake feel improved 1000 as well.

Put on the front brake and experienced a judder which came up the fork like i ve not known before while it was happening through the terror i thought it could be a loose headset. I used to use carbone lorraine sbk5 pads on my bike 954 front end and i used to get scary horrible front end judder. I checked the disc and there s nothing on it i ve also brushed out the brake pads to try to clear them of any mess which there didn t seem to be. The bike is a 2009 cannondale caa9 sram rival front brake swiss stop pads on aluminium fulcrum 5 s.

It s faster when i m travelling faster and slower when i m moving slower. Tue may 06 2014 17 43. Still there but higher frequency so less intrusive and seemingly more gentle. I won t ever use ebc pads due to their dubious quality in the past.

Problem solved brakes smooth as heellll now no chatter what so ever. Sat aug 13 2011 1 29 am. Yeah the mud thing whatever.