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1. Tim - Member

   Hey all

   Been suffering from annoying, and getting to the point of dangerous, brake judder on my crosser.

   Grab a handful of front brake and what power you get from the tektro frogleg brakes is wasted by horrid judder - you can actively see the fork flexing quite a lot! I cant really remember it being like this from new, so i presume it has developed as the pads have worn

   Tried it with the straddle low, the straddle high, adjusted the toe-in - most things really. It could well be the forks, but i'd rather NOT spend money on forks if i dont have to

   Any tips?

   Thanks!

   Tim

   Posted 3 years ago #
2. Joe - Member

   Change the pads, this has to be your first port of call. If that fails change the canti. If that fails the fork. Sorry.

   Posted 3 years ago #
3. Suggsey - Member

   Had the same problem with some Magura Julies-every time the pads heated up when they were worn-switched to more continuous edge discs ie no wavy rotor or V* cutout and hey presto no vibrations.

   Posted 3 years ago #
4. colnagokid - Member

   Had the same bother, not frog-legs, shimano cantis. I changed the headset-a cheap and nasty one- as the cups were flexing under braking! It was nearly unridable, put a richey WCS one in problem solved!
   Try the pads too
   It's a Focus CX bike

   Posted 3 years ago #
5. JoB - Member

   if your forks have a hole for a fork-mounted cable-stop then put one of them on

   

   Posted 3 years ago #
6. Gary_M - Member

   As Jo suggested - ended brake judder for me.

   Posted 3 years ago #
7. Tim - Member

   ah ok cool, i'll try the pads and it has a hole so i'll try one of the hangers too.

   Thanks!

   Posted 3 years ago #
8. epicyclo - Member

   If you have had it for a while, another consideration is that the brake posts may be worn.

   Posted 3 years ago #
9. jim1970 - Member

   Sorry to resurrect an old thread but brake judder has blighted me recently.

   I've tried to find a fork mounted cable hanger as shown by JoB above but I can only find them in stock in the USA and they don't want to ship them to the UK. I came up blank on Ebay and general Google searching as well.

   Does anyone know where I can get one? Am I just really crap at searching?

   Thanks,

   Jim.

   Posted 1 year ago #
10. iainc - Member

    this is the one I have on my Jake the Snake :

    http://www.petracycles.co.uk/product_info.php?language=en&currency=GBP&products_id=57966&source=googlepbs

    works a treat

    Posted 1 year ago #
11. mark a. - Member

    You can get one from Spa Cycles.

    Posted 1 year ago #
12. bikewhisperer - Member

    I think I've got one. Drop me a line (email in profile) and I'll have a nose around for it.

    Posted 1 year ago #
13. jim1970 - Member

    Thanks for the info folks. Going to order one from Spa cycles - only 6.50 inc pandp.

    Thanks for the offer bikewhisperer. Hang on to it for for some other deserving soul who suffers the dreaded judder.

    Jim.

    Posted 1 year ago #
14. IHN - Member

    Any decent LBS will sell one

    Posted 1 year ago #

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