How to bed in brake pads on track bike?

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How to bed in brake pads on track bike?

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I am thinking of trying new pads on the track bike.
As the title states just wondering what's the best way to bed in new pads at the track.
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Scrape em on some concrete before you put em in, a couple of laps and they should be fine...

and chamfer the leading edges, if your keen...
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How easy should I go in those 2-3 laps Dave?
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Not too easy, just test em out, get some feel, get some heat into em and there fine.

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....fighting the temptation to post re......Dave....brake pads.....turn 4........must fight it.........Aaaaaaaarghhhhhh
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Do tell Glen.
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Hence how I know how to bed new pads in, with very little notice... :oops: :oops:

The hot tip is, make sure the pad retaining bolts are tight... :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Thanks Dave :shock:
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Glen wrote:....fighting the temptation to post re......Dave....brake pads.....turn 4........must fight it.........Aaaaaaaarghhhhhh
whats worse is some of us trust him to twirl a few spanners around on our bikes. No wonder i look shit scaredwith my eyes popping out of my skull, all the way around eastern creek :D
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Blurr wrote:
Glen wrote:....fighting the temptation to post re......Dave....brake pads.....turn 4........must fight it.........Aaaaaaaarghhhhhh
whats worse is some of us trust him to twirl a few spanners around on our bikes. No wonder i look shit scaredwith my eyes popping out of my skull, all the way around eastern creek :D
Imagine how sacred you'd be if Firey was there with his torque wrench..... :)
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Glen wrote:
Blurr wrote:
Glen wrote:....fighting the temptation to post re......Dave....brake pads.....turn 4........must fight it.........Aaaaaaaarghhhhhh
whats worse is some of us trust him to twirl a few spanners around on our bikes. No wonder i look shit scaredwith my eyes popping out of my skull, all the way around eastern creek :D
Imagine how sacred you'd be if Firey was there with his torque wrench..... :)
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