I'm an idiot!

[nickcowen]

So when cleaning my bike down and praying oil on the gear I somehow thought it was a good idea to spray the brake discs and calipers. Now they don't work very well surprisingly.
Is there any tips you have to clean WD40 off, soapy water perhaps??

[paddy27]

Soapy water, white spirits and maybe fine grade sandpaper. Good luck.

[PHmember]

GT85.

[PHmember]

Don't know, but maybe a degreaser of some sort?

[DJFish]

Might be a bit obvious but this sounds like a job for Brake Cleaner.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

[joema]

clean it off and ride your bike. They wont work well to start with but the temps will soon remove any oil.

[ferrisbueller]

DJFish said:

Might be a bit obvious but this sounds like a job for Brake Cleaner.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

[nickcowen]

I'll try soap and water tomorrow night before I go for a ride.

[Kermit power]

nickcowen said:

I'll try soap and water tomorrow night before I go for a ride.

Try the brakes out before you start riding down any steep hills with dual-carriageways running across the bottom of them!

I'd like to think that was obvious, but then again I'd like to think not spraying oil on brake discs would be too!

[Viperzs]

I did the same last week with my bike, covered the brakes with TF2!

The mechanics gave it a liberal coating of Fenwicks brake cleaner and they worked great!

[Kermit power]

Did you survive your evening outing, OP?

[nickcowen]

Kermit power said:

Did you survive your evening outing, OP?

Didn't manage to get out on the bike tonight I have been working in the rain today and decided to go to the guy instead. Plus I'm expecting a few things to arrive in the post tomorrow for my bike so will give the brakes a good clean while fitting new stuff.