This has probably been asked tons of times but I got this bike a year ago and only rode it 5 miles or so I know nothing about bikes whenever I brake with my front or back brake it squeals I don’t know how to fix it.
by HistoricalReveal666
This has probably been asked tons of times but I got this bike a year ago and only rode it 5 miles or so I know nothing about bikes whenever I brake with my front or back brake it squeals I don’t know how to fix it.
by HistoricalReveal666
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This happened to me a few years ago and the culprit was a small piece of debris stuck on the brake pad surface making contact with the wheel rim
so usually it is due to the pad sitting dead flat against the rim. there should be some adjustment in the pad that lets a slight angle in the way the pad hits the rim. make it so the front of the pad hits the rim a bit earlier than the rest if that makes sense. this has worked for me often in the past.
Wash your bike down with soap and water. Rinse it off, and remove the wheels. Clean the rims, especially the braking surfaces with degreaser and a scotch brite pad. Then clean the brake pads. Make a few passes with sandpaper or a fine file to expose some fresh rubber.
After doing all that and rinsing and drying, put the wheels back on the bike and toe in the brake pads so that the front edge contacts the rim first. Here’s a video showing how to do that: https://youtu.be/R0bELYXNI88
You’ve already got the answer (clean, toe-in the pads). When you toe-in the pads, you can loosen up the bolt holding the pad to the brake arm and then squeeze the brake lever with a credit card under the trailing edge of the pad, holding it while you tighten the bolt again. That’s all the toe-in you need.