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Frozen brakes
I went out in the deep snow tonight and rode the local BMX track on the cross bike. Great fun!
Unsurprisingly my brakes froze up - any top tips on stopping this happening? I'm running frogglegs.
Of course, I could go for the Haygarth 3-peaks strategy of just not braking, but I would prefer brakes from time to time! ;-)
Cheers!
Unsurprisingly my brakes froze up - any top tips on stopping this happening? I'm running frogglegs.
Of course, I could go for the Haygarth 3-peaks strategy of just not braking, but I would prefer brakes from time to time! ;-)
Cheers!
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Permalink Reply by Dave Haygarth on -
Mine did that on the road the other day actually - it's a bit scary isn't it. If only the gritter lorry could fit down cable outers, eh?
If we had winters like this for a bit longer (who knows - we may do) then maybe some diesel on the cable itself might work. I really wouldn't know though, and you'd probably wreck your cables.
Doesn't the snow slow you down enough anyway?? Why all this obsession with stopping on this site? ;-)
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Permalink Reply by ben warburton on -
when i have raced in the snow and ice beofre i have used deicer sprayed all over chain chainset brakes to try and stop this and to stop all that slushy stuff attatching itself and clogging everything up
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