Mr SingleTrack

+1

120km sounds fair to me seeing that that should be a minimum standard ride for the epic

we should change the tread to: Cape Epic Battle Plan ...just for fun.

those coins aint gonna buy the bike I want need

I will keep your money safe I will invest it in the safest investment product in the market - a new bike for myself

Fun? you can say that again! Look at the top speed I recorded down the mountain at last year's Hill2Hill! thank goodness for the duel sus though!

Dangle Stander

I for one would pay to see this race

5 to 1 the race doesn't happen

i am taking bets on this race if anyone is interested

I think you should get a 29er

singletrack cycles? I should have shares in this shop

PM me the LBS name so that i know who to avoid

full service and they claim they did not touch the brakes??? One would expect them to check the brake pads when doing a full service! dodge if you ask me

May I suggest that you don’t just assume what I know/don’t know about bedding in of brakes and thereby suggesting I go read up on the topic. The point that I was making is that brakes will have reduced stopping power when “the groves” do not align (“the groves” is just my way of explaining it). I stand by this statement and will even go as far as to state that, no matter how much brake pad material you have on your disks, you will have reduced braking power when the contact area between your pads and disks are reduced (as per my explanation with “the groves”). To test this for yourself, do the following: Take a bike that currently have excellent braking power (in other words you are happy that there has been a sufficient transfer of materials between the pads and disks). Ensure that all the pads are of the same material so that you can’t blame the type of material… Now, remove the pads, taking care not to touch the pads’ contact surfaces or the disks. Now, swap the pads around and re-install them (note that you have not changed the condition of the pads or disks with regards to transferred materials). Now, go for a ride and notice the reduced stopping power. Case and point, thank you I agree that there could be many reasons why the OP’s brakes does not seem to work sufficiently (and I am not saying you don’t have another point/valid reason), however I was just adding a reason why the brakes might be failing at the moment. Next time please don’t assume what I do or do not know. thanks

got mine from Dischem a couple of weeks back (in the sups area). I've tried the Asker Jeukendrups Recipe, however it was a bit strong for me. I've played around with the amounts (not the ratio) and have settled with what works for me: 50g malto 2.5 teaspoons fructose pinch of salt 750ml water I've tried this on numerous occasions whilst doing lactate threshold sets and it works well. I will be testing it at this weekend's 12hour race to see how sustainable it is...

another vote for Racing Raplhs over here (though i've been wanting to try Ikons for a while now )

crossmark is te swaar

let's hope this is the cause as it is an easy fix :-)

Like I said, there could be many reasons as to why your brakes are not working. However I would think it is most likely that the pads just need to bed in again. I would consider this first before I go and accuse the LBS of spilling oil etc. Here is a depiction of what I am saying (please excuse my beautiful art work ) The first pic shows new brake pad (flat surface) against the not-so-flat surface. It takes a while for the pads to bed in before you’ll have stopping power. The second pic shows pads that have properly bedded in. the surfaces are now similar to the disk so you will have optimal stopping power. The 3rd pic shows what happens when you swap brake pads from left to right or from front to back. The groves in the pads don’t align with the groves in the disks and hence, no stopping power again. As I’ve said, your problem might be due to a slip-up from the LBS’s side, but the above is way more likely.

I don't think they would have bled the brakes if nothing was wrong with the brakes in the first place. Also, the OP should know if this was done as the LBS would have charged extra for this (normally not included in a fuyll service price)

Sure, your brakes might not work due to some of the mentioned reasons, but I think there is a more likely reason for this. Chances are they took the pads out for inspection. By swapping the left and right pad around the pads will need to set all over again (simular to installing new pads). Just ride your bike so that the pads can set

I can't ride a serial number, so no thanks

can i join the "cant-afford-a-canondale-but-still-want-one" club?