Squeaky bike brakes
 

So my daughter keeps wanting to cycle to and from school now that she has finally learned to ride her bike, and I've been going with her on my bike. It's a decent bike, was like £550 three years ago. It's been in the shed for like... 2 and 9/10ths of a year. AND NOW when I brake, it goes "HHHYYYNNNNNNNYYYAAARRRKKKK!!!".

Like I also rode it to the shop last night at 9.45pm and I was all "OMG it's a school night I'll be waking up the whole town" because they are THAT loud. And today when I took her to school, I just used my feet to stop like a toddler, because I didn't want to announce her arrival at the school gates like RRRRNNNNNNNEEEEERRRKKKKKKKK.


So anyway. How do I fix that? Someone is bound to know.

Clean them, if that doesn't work you might benefit from a good bike service.
You can google the best way to clean them, I can't be bothered asking hubby how to do it as it will be me sat with eyes glazing over while I get at least a good 15 minutes of him explaining it and me getting lost at the 5th word.:joker:

They're probably a bit stiff and rusty after sitting in the shed for that long, did you oil them?

Wd40 probs?

Niamh and Withano both trying to kill me by telling me to put oil on my brakes :worry:.

Google says the pads need cleaned but they're all posh like inside a mechanism at the centre of the wheel that would need to be opened up :think:. When I was a kid I'm sure the brake pads were just right there in your face! I should probably just take it somewhere and let a real adult have a look.

I put oil on everything that squeaks, mice and all :hee:

...adjust the brake blocks so that the front touches the wheel rim 1st (toe in..this is what it's referenced as)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0bELYXNI88



...as others say make sure that the brake block/rim is clean

..good luck!
Mark L

We would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids.

:fan:

But we're good at other stuff

:joker:

Maybe a bit of oil in the right places? Oops just noticed this has already been suggested!