how to break in hayes?

[freeeeeerider]

I just got a new hfx-9 front brake (hydro) and im wondering if i need to break it in at all? and if so, how?
thanks.

[nickschwarzmiller]

ya u need to break it in. I just ride in circles alot slighlt holding my breaks then ride fast and stop hard or go up a hill then hold em doming back down. You also need some hard stops just screw around on them and they will break in.

[Zedbra]

Go ride Cypress. That'll break em in.

[matt shaw]

30 stops at 30 mph

[freeeeeerider]

Originally posted by Zedbra
Go ride Cypress. That'll break em in.
too bad i dont live anywhere near cypress:( . but thanks for the tips guys

[DangerousDean]

coem ride in edmonton on saturday with the "gang" that should wear it in, and wear in your bicycling skills

[freeeeeerider]

Originally posted by DangerousDean
coem ride in edmonton on saturday with the "gang" that should wear it in, and wear in your bicycling skills
i would, but i have a swim meet... next time for sure

[DangerousDean]

Originally posted by freeeeeerider
i would, but i have a swim meet... next time for sure


SUUUUUUUURE, what an excuse... swim meet, your jsut scared i'll own you at bicycling riding :D

[Nelson]

give it about 20ish good stops going really really fast.

[Nelson]

p.s. this is true and should say somehwere on the hayes site. If you ride em for a ride, the brake material goes on even in the microscopic craks on the rotor, and because its even, you get a harsh noise....if you do hard stops, it make sit uneven, so they stay quiet under braking. :)

[Broken Fusion!]

You know, for some reason whenever I get new brake pads for my Hayes, I never need to break em in.
They just work rad!

[Nelson]

Originally posted by Broken Fusion!
You know, for some reason whenever I get new brake pads for my Hayes, I never need to break em in.
They just work rad!

its not the pads...its the new rotors..to work quietly they need to get the resisue in the brussed steel cracks in a jumbles up patters..or else they resonate...

[freeeeeerider]

fuck. i go for a ride to break them in on this big hill and my cassette blows up on me. one cog looks like a "C" now and my bike is fuct :mad:

[Putty]

Originally posted by freeeeeerider
fuck. i go for a ride to break them in on this big hill and my cassette blows up on me. one cog looks like a "C" now and my bike is fuct :mad:

welcome to the world of mountain breaking.

[freeeeeerider]

Originally posted by putty
welcome to the world of mountain breaking.
freechess, here i come

[Putty]

hahahha, yeah i been chessin it since the pancake. 200 bucks for an m arch what a joke, i might get a bigger fork, fix the super t and sell it or put it on my ht.

bishop to queen 6.