Hydrallic Disc

[Sasquatch]

I put on a brand new rear Quad QHD-1 Sting Pro with a 160mm rotor last Wednesday night before I went to ride in Pisgah. It was easy to install (it came prebled and ready to go) and it worked great. The brake did everything you would expect from a hydrallic brake for the first two and a half days of my trip, but on Saturday it all went downhill and not the way I would prefer. I suffered all the way up the Clawhammer and I was beginning the decent on Black Mtn when I started to hear a little clanging. I got off the bike and I noticed the bracket that holds the brake to the frame had broken in between the two frame screws. I tried to rig it and gave up because I had the old bracket in the back of my car. As i was walking down, cursing everyone that passed me on a bike in jealousy, the brake locked up and then snapped completely off the frame, ruining it entirely. This morning I went to the shop and they called the distributor which is sending me the same brake saying that one must have been defective. So here is my question, should I give these things a try, or should I eBay these suckers and drop some extra money on some Avid Juicy of Hayes stokers?

[imnav8r]

Sorry to hear about your brake problems LBC but thank goodness they didn't fail when you were flying downhill about to grab a handful of brake going into a curve!

After having both Juicy 5s & 7s, I highly recommend them! I've never heard of the brand you purchased.

Good Luck!

[dgaddis1]

Could you post some pictures of the part that broke?

[ted]

It sounds like the adapter itself and not the actual brake?

[Sasquatch]

I left my bike at the shop, but I'll swing by there tomorrow and take a picture of the broken stuff. The adapter broke and then when it locked up it broke the housing off of the part of the bracket that was still there.