Originally Posted by
jawnn
Well maybe I should take the new pads back and get the organics....
The reason I know that the magnetic plates are trouble free is that I have one Tektro on my recumbent and it it is so easy to remove the pads and replace them. And the plates stay where they are with out a spring spreder to mess with.
Don't bother to tell me I am wrong, I hate mechanic work in the freezing cold.
I understand why mechnics would like the more complex brakes. Working in a warm shop....
Magnetic backing is not trouble free, my tektro's rely on it and over rough trails/roads my pads bounce enough to lightly rub the rotor, certainly not enough to add any resistance but the noise is pretty obnoxious.
I would also like to emphasize bb7's are in no way complex brakes but they are nearly always set up wrong.