| Author | Message | ||
     Mr_cuell |
Can you translate Lyndall Golds break in instructions? How hard is .45g? Just below stoppie? Kind of hard, kind of easy? | ||
| Al_lighton |
Well, IF it was a 45 degree line from the front contact patch to the CG of the bike/rider system, a 1G stop would be an impending stoppie. So a .45G stop is ABOUT halfway to a stoppie. Bottom line: What you are trying to get is both heat AND pressure into your brakes to bed them in. The WORST thing you could do would be to lightly drag the brakes and get them hot but with no pressure. This will glaze the pads but not seat the pads, and then they will never give you good stopping power. If you do the 10 hard stops from 20MPH, followed by the 10 hard stops from 40MPH as specified by the bed in procedure, your brakes will be REALLY hot and stinky. This is good. Al | ||
| Xldevil |
Hi Al. Are this Lyndall wonder pads good for everyday road performance or just intended for race use? Regards,Ralph | ||
| Djkaplan |
I bedded mine in as well as I could and took it easy for a few miles.I kind of followed the procedure, but obviously, you can't follow it precisely. Here is my impression of Lyndall Gold pads from a tuber perspective; they are a major improvement over the stock pads for any kind of riding. I never felt comfortable with the "feel" of my front brake with the stock pads. It felt like the intitial bite was too powerful and I couldn't modulated it well enough at the edge of traction. With the Lyndalls, the lever pressure feels a lot more precise (meaning I can increase lever pressure and get a more linear response from the caliper), especially at higher speeds. You'll be surprised how much more confidence it gives you when you can control front braking power more effectively. |
