Hey John and Donna,
Nice photo and it looks like a nice day compared to ours
When we did Ventoux we had a minor issue with our Avid BB7 203 mm which was primarily because the pads were worn out. We got down without too much drama once we figured out that the noise was the spring that holds the pads apart rubbing on the rotor. This is a warning device like car disk brakes where you get squealing when the pads are near the wear limit.
Peter
Originally Posted by
2frmMI
Nicely done! Congrats on the major climb. Wondering about the brake issues: were the discs that had "issues" all being used as the main/only brake, or were some used with or as the drag brake. A few years ago we did a major descent from the "Col du Pas de Peyrol" in central France on which we melted the decals off our avid being used as a drag brake, and the disc itself smoked and turned blue, but it worked - allowing me to use the rim brakes just for feathering the speed for switchbacks, etc.
