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I’ve just moved from years of running Hopes to fitting a pair of Sram Code RSCs.
Loving them in the dry, but in the wet they HOWL like a stabbed goose. Everything is set up perfectly/aligned/bled etc but still the problem persists.
Reading around online it’s suggested the RSCs come with organic pads but according to CRCs listing and looking at my pads it looks like they are sintered?
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I’m not sure but do they look a little glazed in the picture? I followed the bed in procedure to the letter (but as usual it was wet on my first few rides).
To be unhelpful, isn’t this a perennial SRAM problem? The Elixirs I had on a previous bike howled like wild dogs all the time.
mine which came fitted to the bike where sintered. had a quick ride today and with all the mornings rain they where quite noisy untill things got a bit steeper and i had to really use them hard, after that they where silent.
maybe get out and do some long hard braking and get a bit of heat in them.
isn’t this a perennial SRAM problem?
my codes and guides on my other bike are no worse at it than people i ride with that have shimano brakes
I have the code RSC on my Capra, so far (300 or so miles) they've been totally silent, including on some big steep long hairy descents in Madeira when others brakes (Shimano, formula) were making a proper racket.
Kind of reassuring julians thanks.
Tried long/short/hard/dragging the brakes etc but as soon as they get cold/wet the noise comes back.
soon as they get cold/wet
presumably 4-pot brakes are for higher speeds or longer descents and "can they do it on a wet night in Huddersfield" may well be applicable here
It was a damp morning in the Pennines!
Ran four pots for years, been faultless for everything from the alps to nipping down to the shop.
Is it worth sticking a pair of organics in one end?
I’ve been running Codes for about 2 years and use these pads -
Sintered give the best all round performance with no squeeling even in the wet
Use Galfer Pro or Trickstuff pads - problem sorted - more power to boot.
I’ve ordered some organics and some galfer pros as per raybanwombles recommendation and also deglazed my pads.
Checked the callipers and rotors over and everything seems spot on. The pads were quite glazed as I’ve been purposely dragging the brakes trying to bed them in.
Meant to start a thread on this subject regarding my Guide RE's which in the last two wet rides of reminded me of the horrific noise they make when wet!! Go quiet if burnt off on a long run but really offensively noisy when just doing the odd dab. Done the same with original Sram Sintered and Superstar. Will try Organic as well I think
The only problems I've had with sintereds (many years ago on Avid Juicy's) was boiling fluid and squealing in the dry on big descents in the alps.
I find organics perform better, and actually last OK, the times when you're going to wear through pads fast then any pad material will wear out unless it's made of something harder than grit (which wouldn't offer great braking performance).
The glazing will definitely be contributing to the howl, I usually just sand my pads, put on some nitrile gloves and throw some dry mud over the disks and the problem sorts itself. If not, it's brake cleaner time.