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Front discs, slight binding

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10 Jan 2024 13:53 #253416 by facade
Replied by facade on topic Front discs, slight binding
That's fine then :)

Re the flat spots on the tyres, my Gen 3 suffered terribly with them when I fitted Michelin Alpins (I run my pressures at the low end to improve the ride). After a couple of days parked up it was like driving across a ploughed field at first, then it faded away after a couple of miles.

The Gen 4 doesn't suffer, but the Bridgestones seem pretty stiff to me, and the TPMS throws a fit if the pressures drop below "rock hard"- it might as well have solid rubber tyres like my old tricycle...

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)

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10 Jan 2024 13:53 #253417 by DrRobin
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You are right it is Silicone (a polymer), Silicon is an element and semiconductor used in the manufacture of ICs etc.

Interesting, your name for Silicon (silisium) is similar to Selenium, that was an early semiconductor now only used in some photo cells (light detectors).

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10 Jan 2024 13:54 #253418 by rogerzilla
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Same here; silicon and silicone are quite different things.  Silicon is the element used to make  computer chips, but silicone is an organic polymer containing silicon atoms, usually slippery and unreactive.

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