Brake pad assembly for a bicycle and method for assembling a brake pad assembly for a bicycle

A brake pad assembly for a bicycle, comprising:

• a first brake pad having a first backing plate with a first rotor facing surface, and a first friction pad secured to the rotor facing surface;
• a second brake pad having a second brake backing plate with a second rotor facing surface, and a second friction pad secured to the second rotor facing surface and facing the first friction pad;
• and
• a spreader spring having a first leaf fixed to the first brake pad and a second leaf fixed to the second brake pad, the spreader spring biased towards a spread position in which the first brake pad and second brake pad are spaced apart from each other, and moveable to a compressed position in which the first brake pad and the second brake pad are moved towards each other relative to the spread position;
• wherein
• the first leaf is forked and comprises a first tine and a second tine,
• the first friction pad has a first plate-facing surface joined to the first rotor facing surface, and the first plate-facing surface comprises a first groove and a second groove, and
• the first tine is received and fixed in the first groove and the second tine is received and fixed in the second groove.

A method of assembling a brake pad assembly for a bicycle, the method comprising:

• a. fixing at least a portion of a first leaf of a spreader spring between a rotor facing surface of a first brake backing plate and a first friction pad;
• and
• b. fixing at least a portion of a second leaf of the spreader spring between a rotor facing surface of a second brake backing plate and a second friction pad;
• and
• wherein step a) comprises i) positioning the portion of the first leaf between the rotor facing surface of the first brake backing plate and the first friction pad, and ii) securing the first friction pad to the rotor facing surface of the first brake backing plate with the portion of the first leaf positioned between the first friction pad and the rotor facing surface of the first brake backing plate;
• and step b) comprises iii) positioning the portion of the second leaf between the rotor facing surface of the second brake backing plate and the second friction pad, and iv) securing the second friction pad to the rotor facing surface of the second brake backing plate with the portion of the second leaf positioned between the second friction pad and the rotor facing surface of the second brake backing plate;
• wherein step i) also comprises positioning a pair of tines of the first leaf in a pair of grooves of a plate-facing surface of the first friction pad.