2.5 Checking & Adjusting the Brakes
BRAKE SAFETY & FUNCTIONALITY CHECK
AFTER ASSEMBLY AND PRIOR TO EVERY RIDE, CHECK THAT THE BRAKES ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND SAFELY TO
SLOW THE WHEEL DOWN AND BRING IT TO A STOP BY PERFORMING THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
1. WALK WITH YOUR BIKE AND GENTLY PULL THE LEFT HANDBRAKE.
2. CHECK THAT THE FRONT CALIPER CLOSES PROPERLY ON THE DISC AND SLOWS THE FRONT WHEEL ROTATION DOWN.
3. REPEAT, PULLING THE LEFT HANDBRAKE WITH MORE PRESSURE AND CHECKING THAT THE FRONT WHEEL IS BROUGHT
TO A STOP.
4. REPEAT STEPS 1 3 WITH THE RIGHT HANDBRAKE AND THE REAR WHEEL.
ADJUSTING THE BRAKE CALIPER
YOU MAY NEED THE 5MM ALLEN KEY.
BIKE BRAKES REQUIRE ALL ELEMENTS TO BE IN EXACT ALIGNMENT AND PLACEMENT IN ORDER TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.
A RUBBING OR SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM A BRAKE AREA EITHER CONSTANT OR INTERMITTENT IS A GOOD
INDICATOR THAT SOMETHING IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE IS LIKELY A MISALIGNED CALIPER, CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS INSIDE OF THEM TO RUB AGAINST
THE DISC EVEN WHEN THE CALIPER IS OPEN. THE PADS SHOULD ONLY COME IN CONTACT WITH THE DISC WHEN THE
CALIPER IS CLOSED BECAUSE THE HANDBRAKE HAS BEEN PULLED.
1. ON THE BRAKE THAT NEEDS ADJUSTING, LOCATE THE CALIPER, BRAKE PADS, AND DISC.
2. LIFT THAT WHEEL OF THE BIKE AND GIVE IT A SPIN. WATCH THE DISC REVOLVE BETWEEN THE BRAKE PADS, AND NOTICE
WHICH PAD IS RUBBING AGAINST THE DISC.
3. REST THE BIKE ON THE KICKSTAND. SEE PAGE 46.
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