Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!scroggs From: scroggs@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Cure for Squeaky Brakes Message-ID: <38200054@uiucdcs> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 09:55:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.38200054 Posted: Mon Sep 23 09:55:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 24-Sep-85 23:42:48 EDT References: <285@ncr-sd.UUCP> Lines: 28 Nf-ID: #R:ncr-sd.UUCP:-28500:uiucdcs:38200054:000:1015 Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!scroggs Sep 23 08:55:00 1985 > Why not oil your rims? Two reasons: > 1.) Diminishes your braking capabilities in a braking situation. Ok, > you don't > think so? Well the few feet you lose with oily rims could be what you > need in an emergency. I did not loose any 'feet', my brakes were still very capable of sending me over the handlebars after my 'kludge'. > 2.) It's commonly known as a "kludge". Do you use GOTO statements in your > Pascal programs? I don't even use GOTOs in my FORTRAN programs. > Will you oil your rims to stop the symptoms, instead > of curing the real problem? What is the "real problem?" The brakes have not squeaked since (and I haven't oiled them again either). I think that the reason for the squeak was that the rims/brake pads were new, and the oil helped to break the thing in. I was told that I should check the effect of the oil on the brake. It is possible that the oil would form a film on the pad, causing permanent damage. This did not happen to me, however.