I’ve recently installed new brake pads on my bike, all good. They are disc brakes. After a week they were too loose, thought it was because they were new, so readjusted them. A week later and I have to readjust them again. I only cycle about 70km per week. Before the pad replacement I didn’t have to do it so often.

Is it still because they’re new or am I forgetting something? Thanks.

  • indun@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Be careful with the cable tension barrel adjuster. As you turn it, watch the brake caliper: is there is any movement, stop turning the caliper and back off.

    It should only be used to remove slack in the cable on installation - it shouldn’t be used to adjust the brakes.

    This is because a disc brake caliper only has a few mm of travel. So if use of the barrel adjuster “removes” 1mm of that travel, you end up with far less modulation available.