MarkJohnston
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Hello,
I just ruined a $150 shimano deore hydraulic disc brake just by the fact that ebikes are heavy and going fast 25 mph - 36 mph. I think they just get too hot and melt the piston seals. Anybody have any thing to chime in? Any hydraulic disc brake set ups they recommend?
Im using good technique and everything but I ride my ebike more than anybody else. I do about 50 miles a day. I just burned through a set of pads like matches. I am not a fair weather cyclist and I like to ride as fast as can, nearly all the time.
so i need brakes that aren't going to get too hot. im still not really sure why the brakes failed. I can't bleed them, they're clogged somewhere and they don't currently provide any braking power.
My bike weighs 100 lbs. MY batteries and cargo mounted to the rear rack weigh 50 lbs. I weigh 160 lbs. All total it's somewhere around 310 pounds moving fast all the time. It might just be over kill on my front hydraulic. I don't use the rear brake because I skid out. no traction there.
I just ruined a $150 shimano deore hydraulic disc brake just by the fact that ebikes are heavy and going fast 25 mph - 36 mph. I think they just get too hot and melt the piston seals. Anybody have any thing to chime in? Any hydraulic disc brake set ups they recommend?
Im using good technique and everything but I ride my ebike more than anybody else. I do about 50 miles a day. I just burned through a set of pads like matches. I am not a fair weather cyclist and I like to ride as fast as can, nearly all the time.
so i need brakes that aren't going to get too hot. im still not really sure why the brakes failed. I can't bleed them, they're clogged somewhere and they don't currently provide any braking power.
My bike weighs 100 lbs. MY batteries and cargo mounted to the rear rack weigh 50 lbs. I weigh 160 lbs. All total it's somewhere around 310 pounds moving fast all the time. It might just be over kill on my front hydraulic. I don't use the rear brake because I skid out. no traction there.