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redesigned specialized tricross.

13 posts & 9 voices | Started 2 years ago by ton | Latest reply from allthepies

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ton - Member

last year i bought a specialized tricross.
i took it to the pyrenees to play 'king of the mountains'.
i nearley died on it because of front brake judder so bad it was like getting a piggyback on a epileptic having a fit.
i posted about it on here..........all the usual neysayers dismissed it as complacency and moaning........

spot the differance

Posted 2 years ago #
qwerty - Member

they mounted the front cable hanger from the fork?

Posted 2 years ago #
mattsccm - Member

quick fix to a flawed design. ie carbon forks

Posted 2 years ago #
qwerty - Member

i got carbon forks on my JtS and have my cable hung from a under stem hanger, for the most of it i have avoided the judder - but it has had its moments, copius amounts of mud on the rim help!

Posted 2 years ago #
ton - Member

i took the bike back to the shop where i bought it, a big spesh dealer, withinn 2 weeks of buying it.
they dismissed it, saying the judder would stop when the brakes bedded in.
i sold the bike after my holiday to a mate, after sourcing a fork mounted brake hanger. he has never had a problem.

Posted 2 years ago #
epicyclo - Member

I have been looking for a fork mounted hanger for my bike.

Used to have lots of them and gave them away because I wasn't going to use cantis again - curses

So who has them?

Posted 2 years ago #
bassspine - Member

the new cable hanger is a PITA if you want to fit mudguards though...

Posted 2 years ago #
dmiller - Member

I have a new tricross. No brake judder at all ever. Gave up with front mudguards tho...

Posted 2 years ago #
ton - Member

dmiller - Member
I have a new tricross. No brake judder at all ever. Gave up with front mudguards tho...

doh

Posted 2 years ago #
epicyclo - Member

dmiller - Member
I have a new tricross. No brake judder at all ever. Gave up with front mudguards tho...

Drill 2 small holes each side of the mudguard where it passes under the fork and use zipties. I do this because it stops rattles.

Posted 2 years ago #
schmiken - Member

I have been looking for a fork mounted hanger for my bike.

Used to have lots of them and gave them away because I wasn't going to use cantis again - curses

So who has them?

You should be able to get one of these from your LBS.

Posted 2 years ago #
Kitz_Chris - Member

If anyone wants to read a pretty good article on the causes of brake judder, Read Here

Posted 2 years ago #
allthepies - Member

Aha, great link Chris.

Posted 2 years ago #