Avid Elixir 5 query

Whatleymeister · Jun 30, 2012

Good morning fine people of RB,

I am running an Elixir 5 on my saracen which, generally speaking, I am quite pleased with. However, after a while, normally about an hour into a ride or less if lots of heavy braking, it starts to get quite noticable shudder under braking. Not a lot of noise at the time, but the quick 'duh-duh-duh' of the shuddering can be heard.

Anyone have experience of this? Am I just being fussy? They seem to work ok while its shuddering, just need to grab a bit more lever to get the most out of them.

I miss my old M4 brakes, now they were the shizzle

Dan

greenstiles · Jun 30, 2012

I wouldre-space your caliper to see if it stops it, sometimes you get harmonics that reallt travel through the bike.

When re-spacing, loosen of cliper , then REALLY pull brake lever in hard and tighen up bolts, you will find it easier if there's 2 people.

Whatleymeister · Jun 30, 2012

Cheers mate, I will give it a go. I think I was pretty hard on it when setting up before but cant hurt to re tweak it

cyfa2809 · Jun 30, 2012

Brake fade?

What pads are you using?

Whatleymeister · Jun 30, 2012

The pads that came with them from factory mate, but will change them if it will improve things. As I understand, brake fade disappears after the brakes cool from a heavy session. This takes aaaaaaages to return to normal.

Perhaps its just my 17 stone weight causing them to struggle

cyfa2809 · Jun 30, 2012

If thats the case then its different brake time i expect.

Or try some riveted rotors?

Whatleymeister · Jul 1, 2012

Dont have the budget for a replacement brake, this one only has about 100 miles or so on it so its sticking around for a while. I will check what pads it has, try resetting the position of the caliper and if that fails, have a bash at replacement pads.

Any idea on replacement pads? I will have a look later, but wonder if straight forward avid replacements might not be the best choice.

cyfa2809 · Jul 1, 2012

OEM pads tend to rate well but check reviews on them and other branded ones. Google will help you with that.

I think a brake has to be at a resonable temp (not dead cold) for it to bite properly.

greenstiles · Jul 3, 2012

EBC pads are good, did you check your pads for uneven wear ? or have they come off/been on another bike ?

Whatleymeister · Jul 3, 2012

greenstiles":2sz2oh4q said:
EBC pads are good, did you check your pads for uneven wear ? or have they come off/been on another bike ?

Nah mate, they are only about 100 miles old, they came on the brake new a few moths ago! i might whip 'em out and try some better pads. need to replace my avid v blocks on the rear too actually as I cant even skid in the sand at the moment!

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