front brake iced up

[smaytum]

Went off roading yesterday. Through snow, mud, water, ice etc. The temp gauge showed -4.5 degrees. It was hard work, good practice and a lot of fun.

Got back on the ashfelt and headed for home (slowely). At the first junction i noticed the front brake was tight, but with a bit of extra pressure, it worked just fine.

Went to pull off and clearly there was a problem. The front wheel was completely locked.

Spend 30 mins trying to free it. Heat from my hands.. power from the engine... bouncing the bike around... nothing worked. Called my mate who drove our with a whole load of bottled hot water and within a second the wheel was free.

Drove the rest of the way home dragging the front brake just a little to generate heat.

How could i have got out of this if i was in the middle of no where?

Should the brake ice up that easily?

 

[CaptainSlow]

Shamefully I have to admit this happened to me once, in a Del Boy style Reliant van. The foot brake link to the master cyclinder was outside the body and should have had a rubber boot over it. Mine didn't and after a mile or two in slushy icy roads I went to brake and the pedal was locked solid. Thank goodness for thehandbrake.....

In all seriuosness it was probaly ok until you picked up speed so that the wind chill effect reduced the tmeperature sufficiently to freeze the water/mud on your brake producing the effect you experienced.

 

[oblertone]

Why not ...

... use your own internal store of hot water

 

[bose]

Went off roading yesterday. Through snow, mud, water, ice etc. The temp gauge showed -4.5 degrees. It was hard work, good practice and a lot of fun.

Got back on the ashfelt and headed for home (slowely). At the first junction i noticed the front brake was tight, but with a bit of extra pressure, it worked just fine.

Went to pull off and clearly there was a problem. The front wheel was completely locked.

Spend 30 mins trying to free it. Heat from my hands.. power from the engine... bouncing the bike around... nothing worked. Called my mate who drove our with a whole load of bottled hot water and within a second the wheel was free.

Drove the rest of the way home dragging the front brake just a little to generate heat.

How could i have got out of this if i was in the middle of no where?

Should the brake ice up that easily?

get thosecalipers well cleaned an lubed but youll never change the weather

 

[smaytum]

... use your own internal store of hot water

Now that lateral thinking. Break open the G'n'T, wait 30 mins and

 

[the beer hunter]

... use your own internal store of hot water

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stopped to help a stranded motorcycle rider ... standing beside a stalled motorcycle in the mountains. It was extremely cold, and the rider was heavily dressed in a helmet, balaclava and snowmobile suit. In a muffled voice, the rider told the Mountie that the carburetor was frozen. "Well, pee on it," the Mountie said. "Can't," replied the rider. The helpful Mountie unzipped his fly and proceed to pee on the carburetor himself, and the bike soon fired up. A few days later, the local department received a thank you note from a father, grateful for the roadside assistance his young daughter had received from the RCMP.

 

[CaptainSlow]

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stopped to help a stranded motorcycle rider ... standing beside a stalled motorcycle in the mountains. It was extremely cold, and the rider was heavily dressed in a helmet, balaclava and snowmobile suit. In a muffled voice, the rider told the Mountie that the carburetor was frozen. "Well, pee on it," the Mountie said. "Can't," replied the rider. The helpful Mountie unzipped his fly and proceed to pee on the carburetor himself, and the bike soon fired up. A few days later, the local department received a thank you note from a father, grateful for the roadside assistance his young daughter had received from the RCMP.

 

[GunZenBomZ]

Fooking brilliant story!