My last post was about issues with the headset. I think I’ve cured that now, but onw of the symptoms was a judder under breaking.
I’d assumed this was the headset suffering from the forces of breaking. However, I was reading about brake judder and it got me wondering if that was the cause of the juddering.
Mounted the bike up in the work stand, removed the front wheel and cleaned both the brake track and sanded the pads down. I was putting the wheel back on, and by gently holding the brakes while spinning the wheel, I could feel a slight rubbing in a section of the track.
Looking closer at the rim, there is a chunk missing, maybe couple of millimeters, and that slightly catches the pads as they contact. That, could very well be the reason I’ve got such bad judder on breaking.
So I’ll fit my spare wheels for my next ride and see how they feel on the bike.
Hopefully, this will be the conclusion of this drawn out saga.
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