Priscilla’s commuter bike, a Giant Cypress, had some annoying brake squealing when she would try to stop. If you’re having the same issues with your V Brakes, just follow these easy steps to get rid of that irritating noise.
Notice how the pads are mounted evenly. Well, that’s the problem…
First step is to loosen the mounting nuts on the pad. Then angle your pads so the front of the brake pad touches the rim first.
Here’s a better angle. Having your pads angled like the photo will get rid of the noise right away.
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Thanks for advice on getting rid of brake squeal. It sounds like good advice, but the photo you refer to does not appear to be in the post.
Andrew, this site and Bikecommuters.com were attacked by a hacker last year — we were able to recover many of the articles’ text components, but the photos were lost.