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Old 11-13-2008, 09:51 PM   #35
was92v
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All modern brakes float, either the rotor, caliper or both.Full floaters just have the ability to recover from heat warping better by moving within the calipers. I used to race an old RD350 that had no floating anything, solid caliper mounting-solid disc. At the end of the straights the first pull on the brake lever came back to the bar every time. After you got used to it, no problem but at first it was a little disconcerting. I would just use the first brake marker as the the Lever Slack marker and then when I really needed the brakes an instant later they were there. But there was always that thought...
Hot rotors warp and knock the pads back into the calipers while you are on the straights and floaters allow the pads to stay closer to the discs. I still prefer them to work immediately, thank you.

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