Good Afternoon Everyone,
The wife lost brakes the other night while riding. She stopped and when she started back up she was fine. I checked all the normal stuff and could not find any problems. One of the guys at work told me it was brake fade. Being a novice I had not heard of this before but it sure seems to fit the "symptoms". Does anybody have any advice on how I can eliminate/reduce the occurance of this phenomenon?

 

try using sintered pads, it may help,they do require a lil more hand effort to stop though but do last longer so.......... you didn't say whether you were on a muddy trail or not, could be the pads had to scrub off the goo until it finally got down to the rotor. that would give you the feeling of brake fade.

 

Usually caused by riding with the left hand on the brake lever and minor pressure is being applied, particularly if rider is new or nervous.

 

she might have glazed the pads as well if they heated up.

 

Like 4getful2 mentioned. Mud will cause significant brake fad the first or second pull of the lever. I find it happens to me all the time. All depends on what kind of mud you are going through.

 

i roughed up my pads and rotors,,,,,,,,,200% better