Trail-Braker Here!

[sincity337]

Folks,

After reading a thread about rear brake pad wear, I decided to give mine a closer look, and what did I find? That I appear to be a little heavy on those rear binders! I caught them just in the nick of time as this photo shows......

[steventhechef]

Good catch sincity. Another little bit and it would have been more costly!!

I was just thinking of checking my rear brakes on a ride last Sunday whilst I was trail braking through a corner. Funny what goes through your mind at the most inopportune times.

[Lazarus Long]

Is that what's called "in the nick of time"? :

[caddydaddy]

How many miles on the pads? And are they supposed to wear that unevenly, or do you have some sticky slides?

[JRCollings]

I am hoping one of those is a new one to demonstrate the difference / how worn the almost to the metal one is... if not, you have some serious issues with your rear brake calilper not 'floating' so both pads wear at a similar rate as that one pad looks brand new.

[pelon717]

I wore the stock pads out in less than 5K miles. When I was buying the replacements the parts guy correctly guessed I've ridden off-road alot in the past. Mine were about like yours when I changed them.

[sincity337]

CaddyDaddy,

Yes, one of those is new, the other is the worn one. Both worn pads had the same thin sliver of material left on them.
Pelon, I have about 5,600 miles on the bike and was a little surprised at how fast I wore these down. When I started riding as a youngster it was indeed off-road.
Some habits are very hard to let go of!

[steventhechef]

My rear pads wear at about the same rates too. I used to do off road in my young punk days but still use my rears allot of the time especially when trail braking.