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>be me
>riding my enduro bike
>rear brake suddenly starts screeching really loud mid-ride
>forget to fix it after ride
>ride again, screeching really loud whole time, but still has full stopping power
>figure it's dirty pads/rotor
>remove pads to clean/sand them
>turns out they have no braking surface left
>literally none
>bare fucking metal
>yet the brake still provided very good stopping power, just was screechy, and only screechy the last ride and a half
How the actual fuck
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You can brake just fine with no brake pads, metal on metal generates friction just fine, the problem is that metal on metal also generates a lot of heat and wears the braking surfaces out extremely quickly.
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>>1069044
Well my rotor hasn't desintegrated yet so I guess I it didn't get worn out that quickly
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when was the last time you checked your brake pads?
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>>1069056
Sometime last year probably
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>>1069047
Of course it won't break in a day or two. But you need an uniform surface to brake properly (and last longer), meaning you'll need to sand your rims, weakening them.
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>>1069060
>sand your rims
>disc brakes
anon, please
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