View Poll Results: Do you toe your brakes when you install/perform maintenance?
I usually or always toe the brake pads when setting up
44
56.41%
I never or rarely toe the brake pads when setting up
25
32.05%
It depends. Sometimes.
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Do you toe or not toe?
02-06-18, 08:26 AM
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I'm running Weinmanns only and i'm affraid to break them while bending.
02-07-18, 05:59 PM
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Only had to toe-in my old DiaComp brakes, using an adjustable wrench. Other than that, never had a squealing brake.KB
02-07-18, 07:53 PM
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Can we please use the proper wording? What you're referring to is toe in, the opposite would be toe out.
I was trying not to say anything, but I got to the bottom and couldn't help it. This is the mechanics forum after all.
Yes, I do toe in my pads. I used the credit card trick.
I was trying not to say anything, but I got to the bottom and couldn't help it. This is the mechanics forum after all.
Yes, I do toe in my pads. I used the credit card trick.
02-08-18, 02:57 PM
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@Papa Tom, the explanation for how they stay toed in is above.
@Kovkov, Weinmanns won't break when you toe them in. Other calipers will.
@Kovkov, Weinmanns won't break when you toe them in. Other calipers will.
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02-08-18, 03:01 PM
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Can we please use the proper wording? What you're referring to is toe in, the opposite would be toe out.
I was trying not to say anything, but I got to the bottom and couldn't help it. This is the mechanics forum after all.
Yes, I do toe in my pads. I used the credit card trick.
I was trying not to say anything, but I got to the bottom and couldn't help it. This is the mechanics forum after all.
Yes, I do toe in my pads. I used the credit card trick.
So, I assume the toes are at the front of the shoes (bike)? So, in vs out would be the direction in relation to the front of the bike?
02-08-18, 03:16 PM
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Depends on the brake. Most of the time, no. Sometimes I had to or have brake sequel. Yet another reason I gave up on rim brakes and went drum.
02-08-18, 03:17 PM
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That's not what I mean, and it's probably not worth trying to explain. I just meant that when I move the pad around in its cut-out (the opening in which it slides up and down) and then toe it in, it manages to stay toed in. I don't see any kind of design feature that would even enable it to bend inward, let alone stay that way.
No big deal. It has always just been an enigma to me.
No big deal. It has always just been an enigma to me.
02-08-18, 06:44 PM
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02-08-18, 07:41 PM
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Sturmey Archer and Shimano, for two.
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02-12-18, 09:52 PM
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I just finished putting together my next bike project.
V-Brakes with Tektro RL520 levers.
Anyway, no toeing of the pads. And headed down the driveway... Ohh, what a squeal.
But, I figured I'd at least have pedestrians diving out of my way on the bike paths.
However, 5 miles down the road (I'm not sure if I even hit the brakes after my driveway), and not a sound from the brakes again.
Well, so much for alerting the pedestrians around me. Perhaps I had to wear a sheen off of the brakes or something. Or, perhaps those tricolor pads actually did something
V-Brakes with Tektro RL520 levers.
Anyway, no toeing of the pads. And headed down the driveway... Ohh, what a squeal.
But, I figured I'd at least have pedestrians diving out of my way on the bike paths.
However, 5 miles down the road (I'm not sure if I even hit the brakes after my driveway), and not a sound from the brakes again.
Well, so much for alerting the pedestrians around me. Perhaps I had to wear a sheen off of the brakes or something. Or, perhaps those tricolor pads actually did something
02-16-18, 11:53 AM
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...whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The screech and squeal of untoed pads,
Or to take wrenches against the Arms,
And by opposing silence them: to toe, to squeal
No more;
The screech and squeal of untoed pads,
Or to take wrenches against the Arms,
And by opposing silence them: to toe, to squeal
No more;
02-16-18, 02:34 PM
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02-17-18, 01:29 AM
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When I learned the merits I toed, but it made brake jobs extra tedious since I don't use any tools but an allen wrench.
02-17-18, 08:25 AM
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