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I bought an Avanti flat bar road bike recently that wasn't ridden for a few years. Replaced a few parts and have it a good clean up and it looks like new but the issue I'm having is the front brakes. They barely work and I'm running out of ideas.. I've tried the following....
-Cleaned the rim with alcohol, simple green, brake cleaner, holy water, only made a minor improvement.
-replaced the pads, reseated the pads, no real improvement
-cleaned and oiled the cable, triple checked the tension.
The brakes feel strong and engaging with the pinch force they just won't bite. The rear brakes work fine though.
My wife has a similar spec road bike with Tektro vbrakes and it stops like its got 4 piston calipre hydraulic discs...
-Cleaned the rim with alcohol, simple green, brake cleaner, holy water, only made a minor improvement.
-replaced the pads, reseated the pads, no real improvement
-cleaned and oiled the cable, triple checked the tension.
The brakes feel strong and engaging with the pinch force they just won't bite. The rear brakes work fine though.
My wife has a similar spec road bike with Tektro vbrakes and it stops like its got 4 piston calipre hydraulic discs...