Inzane 17

zip-tie the front brake...

Started by hubcapsc, Fri 19, Sep 2014, 12:44:31

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hubcapsc


I changed the front brake fluid before Inzane on the log-truck  :) ...

It felt, on the rides at Inzane, like I didn't quite do a good enough job bleeding.

So I bled them before the Mason Dixon ride, and got a little bubble out.

But they still didn't feel quite right.

I got another little bottle of brake fluid, and then, just because I'd heard about it,
I used a velcro strap to hold the brakes on all day.

When I got home from work, I pulled it out of the shed, intending to bleed again,
and it seemed like they felt OK, so I went around the block, and they still felt OK.

I rode it to work today (I recently found some awesome new roads to bring me to work  :cooldude: ),
and out to lunch.

The brakes feel great!

I wonder if it will last?

-Mike

Bone

Have done it on a few bikes and always worked if air bubbles were the problem. They hide in some small, hard to get to places.
It should last if air isn't getting into the system.

Patrick

Getting the air out of 2 calipers can be tricky.
But, brakes don't work well with air in them.