Aleck002
Member
Hi all,
I have what is probably not a bike specific problem but figured I'd ask you knowledgeable bunch before I get round to looking at fixing it on Friday!
So last night while riding home from work, I noticed the bike felt sluggish and the rear brake lever had gone solid with no movement whatsoever so naturally I pulled to one side and had a little look, only to find my rear brake disc glowing and seemingly the caliper locked on?!
After a few minutes this freed up and I went to finish my journey only to pull up to a set of light (having filtered between two lanes of traffic) for the bike to come essentially to a stand still after rolling off the throttle and then fail to move on under power. The rear had completely seized and I couldn't move the bike, imagine how much of a d!ck I must of looked sat in between two lanes of traffic incapable of moving!!
I'm assuming that maybe some grit has got into the caliper and caused a problem or possibly there is an issue with the fluid in the line? The bike is reasonably new to me but I have been riding it for a few months and have never had this issue before.
When I have some free time im going to have a look at bleeding the rear and probably cleaning and rebuilding the caliper, just curious if anyone has heard of this happening before or possibly had it happen to yourself? any advice would be much obliged.
Cheers!
Aleck.
I have what is probably not a bike specific problem but figured I'd ask you knowledgeable bunch before I get round to looking at fixing it on Friday!
So last night while riding home from work, I noticed the bike felt sluggish and the rear brake lever had gone solid with no movement whatsoever so naturally I pulled to one side and had a little look, only to find my rear brake disc glowing and seemingly the caliper locked on?!
After a few minutes this freed up and I went to finish my journey only to pull up to a set of light (having filtered between two lanes of traffic) for the bike to come essentially to a stand still after rolling off the throttle and then fail to move on under power. The rear had completely seized and I couldn't move the bike, imagine how much of a d!ck I must of looked sat in between two lanes of traffic incapable of moving!!
I'm assuming that maybe some grit has got into the caliper and caused a problem or possibly there is an issue with the fluid in the line? The bike is reasonably new to me but I have been riding it for a few months and have never had this issue before.
When I have some free time im going to have a look at bleeding the rear and probably cleaning and rebuilding the caliper, just curious if anyone has heard of this happening before or possibly had it happen to yourself? any advice would be much obliged.
Cheers!
Aleck.
