Mountain Bike Brake Guides & Tips

How to Reset Hydraulic Brake Pistons

Someone squeezed the brake lever with the wheel out and now the pads won't open up? Here's the five-minute fix.

How to Reset Hydraulic Brake Pistons

Someone squeezed the brake lever with the wheel out and now the pads won't open up? Here's the five-minute fix.

How to Clean Sticky Brake Pistons

Uneven pad wear or brakes that drag after you've centred the caliper? Sticky pistons are the cause, and it's a 15-minute fix at home.

How to Clean Sticky Brake Pistons

Uneven pad wear or brakes that drag after you've centred the caliper? Sticky pistons are the cause, and it's a 15-minute fix at home.

How to Bed In New Brake Pads

New pads need bedding before they hit full braking power. Five minutes on a flat road saves you from weak brakes or glazed pads.

How to Bed In New Brake Pads

New pads need bedding before they hit full braking power. Five minutes on a flat road saves you from weak brakes or glazed pads.

How to Replace Your Disc Brake Pads

A full walk-through of disc brake pad replacement, including the gotchas that turn a 15-minute job into a two-hour fight.

How to Replace Your Disc Brake Pads

A full walk-through of disc brake pad replacement, including the gotchas that turn a 15-minute job into a two-hour fight.

How to Fix a Rubbing Hydraulic Disc Brake

Most rotor rub is fixable in five minutes. Diagnose the real cause first, then walk through caliper alignment step by step.

How to Fix a Rubbing Hydraulic Disc Brake

Most rotor rub is fixable in five minutes. Diagnose the real cause first, then walk through caliper alignment step by step.

Do You Actually Need to Bleed Your Brakes?

Most brake bleed requests turn out to be something else. Five symptoms that aren't a bleed problem, four that are.

Do You Actually Need to Bleed Your Brakes?

Most brake bleed requests turn out to be something else. Five symptoms that aren't a bleed problem, four that are.