Regarding the brake lever position, when going down a steep hill and you move your body way back behind the saddle the almost horizontal position of levers is best. Since this is the time you'll be breaking the most you should optimize for that scenario. Numerous times the near horizontal brake lever position saved me when I was able to break with just the tip of my finger while being way back behind the saddle.

Muckoff bio degreaser leaves a film of residue that is hard to clean off with a cloth but can be washed off with warm water. They do howerver have a disc specific degeaeser wich uses a solvent that leaves no residue. With this solvent based degreaser you can even clean pads when they squeal by taking them out of the caliper, spraying them, lightly sanding them down and then spaying all the dirt off.

Mine works fine im just bored

There was a time when my fork seal started leaking and the oil was dripping to my rotor. The contamination caused major power loss in the front brake. My trail side repair was to use dry dirt and leaves to clean the rotor, lots of dry dirt with fine grit. Restored braking power to get me home safely.

I have used the kevlar DiscoBreak pads for more than a year, tested in all of the scenarios and i won't be changing them.

What kinda pro xc racer breaks with 2 fingers?

Your channel is amazing!!!! Congrats

Wow, this is exactly what is happening to me in my new Scott Spark 930, those brakes Deore M506 are not so well. Congratulations, I love your tips. I'm just starting to follow your videos and all of them are awesome. I'm sure I will not be disappointed, I'm your new fan. Regards from Barcelona - Spain. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

Great videos on bike tips, continue, thanks, say hello from panama, joe.

For braking rotor I use some brake cleaner for motocycle and automobile. It is dirty cheap and do that job perfectly. I think that is alcohol based, evaporate very quickly, so you need to be fast. For most job it is enough to spray it, but if you have some grease (from maintenance) you need some towel. For brake pads I use sanding paper 240/400 grade. You need just sanding paper and some flat surface. Only problem I have is bending rotor. I have it on road bike. There is no much braking but problem begins on descending. I think they overheating and bending. I'm not young racer so I don't want 100 km/h. It is just to much on road full of potholes and traffic. I have grill on pads but I have plat to change rotors for better, heat resistant (2 compound).

You're amazing man!!! I love you're videos!!!

Hey bro, I must say your videos are really helpful, have you made any video on maintanence of hydraulic breaks like changing of oil, oil pressure, increasing or decreasing break. Please guide me on this or from where I can have idea on these topics??

I do the same job testing different types of pads. Kevlar works fine for my set of Avid Elixir CR with RT86 rotors.

Its very easy to degrease the brake pads, use brake cleaner and a wire brush, or green scotch bright and then a very light sandpaper application. Back to new.

Excellent video!

ive never had to wear gloves, replace the pads, or degrease my rim brakes to get them to work or stop making noise so what are the advantages to them again?

Super video thanks for sharing

I have the same pair of magura disc brakes in active use still after 17years. Have not done anything with them except changing pads and still works very well. No going back to rim brakes..

I use isopropyl alcohol works well for me, semi metallic pads in my xt m785 brakes. Never got kelvar to bed in properly used to just glaze too easily. Got some race matrix compound to try next from uberbike.

-About the position you might want to keep in mind which discipline are you using your bike for because your body position will depend on that and will influence your needs therefore the levers position, for example downhill Vs Cross Country, body position is drastically diferent -Isopropyl alcohol works like a charm to clean the rotors -LOVE ceramic pads but they wear our a lill faster than mixed or metalic -Would be nice to mention brake bleeding too as it can totally mess the braking power Nice video, I like it =)

I have tektro draco brakes which havent been serviced since 5years and bleeding the brakes with new mineral oil helped me too. although good brake fluids (which normal mineral oil isnt) shouldnt have this problem because they can absorb some water before they start to go bad.

my brake levers are almost parallel to the ground but i do a lot of DH and i am used to it, should i change it for better efficiency or not

I weigh about 160 kilos and sometimes tow another 100 behind the bike, I ride 7 miles or more a day with some days being 30-50 miles. I am currently running cable for simplicity but I would like to know what configuration I should use (hydro mech) and what pads. I dont care if I need to replace them once a month I just need more stopping power as I tend to stay in high gear in high traffic and its not unusual to need to lockup from 25mph in the event of a car cutting me off. I live in the buffalo area so conditions are often wet and snowy and road grease is a common issue.

I have a kevlar disco pads with me but still I do not get too much of braking powers on my shimano brakes

WORKS PERFECT on my BMX bike handles like a dream.

Hello stick biker I have a poor brake of Shimano please send me any tips I am big fan of your but I liked those ceramic ones

How about bleeding the system ?

Hi if i usually have 160mm rotors F/R for normal riding would having 180-200mm F/R be better if i am touring and loading up the bike ya think?

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Break With only one finger. Have no grip on the handlebar With only pinky and ring finger

thanks good information

I use some mechanic m375 shimano, gotta say they do work!, but ill like to find some nice (non shimano) pads with nice quality, do you know any ?

Just use Vinegar as a cleaner. You don't have to replace the braking pads. Clean them with a sand paper while soaked in vinegar. Also it works miraculously for the rotors too......as well as for the inside part of the calipers. Enjoy your ride!

You should have mentioned about bleeding the brakes as well.

To put on a larger rotor, one also has to remount the calipers onto a larger adaptor otherwise they will not fit.

Man all i got to say is thank you so so much for the information u provide us in all your videos. As im getting ready for the longist bike ride iv have done. Im gonna be bikeing from Minnesota to Washington state a total of 1600 miles there and 1600 back so 3200miles is waiting for me lol. Please dont stop making videos ill be watching them on my rest points

Bro where to buy the pads Can u send one of them to me

If the braking pads are rusty so what shall we do

I am a big fan of you.

As a dead person I can confirm you should regularly lube your rotors and brake pads

Please teach me how to fix my disc brake because its braking power is less I Don't knownwhat to do

I think one more tip you should have included is; bleeding and replacing the mineral oil for hydraulic systems.

Im a 200lbs.5/11 ft.guy I use a sram code R brakes with metallic pads they are superb and they clamp instantly with no problems sir.

Are these the Magura mt4?

What is the best brake pads compound for Tektro Novela mechanical brakes?

Outstanding...

would a magura mt7 be better than a shimano slx brake?

How does a guy born and raised in Texas end up with that accent?

Спасибо за отличный обзор, для молодёжи. Раньше интернета не было, всё своей головой доходили.

pls help me i have fantom typhoon and i reallly dont have good braking

I'd love to see some riding videos from you rather than just tiny snippets. I wanna see you enjoying your bikes as well as teaching us stuff.

yesss, after 2 hours uffff thanks for all the stuff

I think a great brake pad material is Kevlar. I swear by the stuff. It provides great braking power and great heat resistance which degrades braking power. Not sure how much of an effect brake pad temperature has on mountain bikes, but it significantly affects performance cars and motorcycles. I figure if Kevlar works great on my BMW M3, and my Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle (when I used to own one), then I'm willing to bet the same great performance can be obtained on mountain bikes.

I have a problem where if i use my brake too much it gets really weak to the point where it doesn't even brake anymore

I just spray brake cleaner on my pads and rotor if they start squeaking from oil.

Really nice to see your beautiful Cannondale. Had thought that you've returned/sold it. :-)

Hi I have an issue if anyone can help me, I have adjusted the brake pads and handle so when they are engaged they don't pull all the way so they are nice and tight, however when the brake is applied it has no real stopping power pads are not worn and I can't find a video on how I can make the brakes engage more it's as if it's slipping for some reason

For it mentance can please tell me some tips

Dan, I think the right word for the correct hand position is "Ergonomically"...

Y is my mechanical disc brakes not strong

The best rotor cleaning solution I've found so far is a mixture of Isopropyl alcohol and LiquiMoly Schnellreiniger (aka LM Fast Cleaner). Use a spray bottle to spray all around the rotor from both sides, rub with a paper towel, repeat until there is no more oily residue on paper after it dries up. Optionally, finish the process with some pure isopropyl alcohol. And it's always a good idea to throw away your dirty "organic/semi-metal type" pads or to heat treat the pads if they are "sintered type". Another method is to remove the rotor and rub it with a clean brush and some moist paste of washing powder (the cheaper - less "fabric conditioning" additives - the better) and rinse it with a lot of running water. Then check if water adheres to the rotor uniformly - if so, the rotor is well degreased. If neither help - go for 200-400 grit sandpaper and resurface the rotor, then repeat the cleaning. Another advice from my experience - never get copper spray or copper grease anywhere near your bike brakes. Copper becomes surprisingly deeply fused into the rotor material and permanently spoils the surface friction characteristics. Resurfacing will not help - only a new rotor.

I use safe to use Degreaser that i use for chain to clean my rotors and it works well no more break squealing

I will use this on Santa Cruz 🚲 it's really working

Hello I am a. New man to your channel 😎

Hi.pls tell me about Hercules radeo 110

Do tyres play a roll in braking power? And also i had organic pads on my bike, i replaced them with cerramic ones from aliexpress and there is no much diffrence, and the cerramic ones squeal so loud on rain, and when i wash my bike they dont brake at all until i hold the brakes for few minutes. What should i do?

Hi Danny, concerning different type of pads, you forget to mention that it depends of the type of the rotor i.e if there is some recommendations from the producers. For example, It is not possible to use ceramic ones on my Shimano BL-M615.

Larger disc + adapter for it and you'll never need to do any tricks, no cleaning etc. The braking power is excellent even when the parts are dirty or wet. Time to time just change new pads, of course.

Please make a video of power brakes

I need new brakes, I really want to try the disco brakes but I can’t afford them and my bike feels really poor without good pads. I’ve measured the pads I have now and there is 0.5 mm of pad left 😭

Very nice

This bio degreaser you got there has to be washed of with water, the Dry degreaser does not. its written on the can: ''Water solvable formula'', the dry works great, one you got, is best suited for drivetrain cleaning, like cassette, chainrings. But you can use isopropyl alcohol

Why do you use 2 fingers on the brakes??

for brake rollers we can use alcohol Scrub pads

What brake pads should i buy for my Shimano disk brakes.

yeah theres to much water in the muc off degreaser i use valvoline brake cleaner and even the WD40 degreaser the orange one is very good, and it vaporates directly so your braking will instantly be better . your vids are verry interesting enjoy it verry much would love a cannondale with a lefty one day love that bike!

My shimano xt brakes brake pades is not working properly . They are worn out and I can't get any pads for it. Do you know where I can get some. I want to buy discobrake pades but dont see any at the shops

My front disc is not braking just a little should I replace the brakes or the brake pads

anyone try simple green for the rotors and pads ?

I have a mechanical disc brake front side piston that is not adjustable it's jammed

I have a specialised and my breaks are terrible What one should I get because there just not working great they only slow the wheel down and doesn’t have the power for the wheel to skid. What should I do get back to me soon 👊

My problem is altogether différent. My disk brakes are so sensitive that I sometimes get thrown off my bike for just braking a little bit more than usual. I even crashed on the tarmac once due to my brakes stopping my bike dead on. Was lucky I didn't get injured. My arms and legs ached for a week though.

Does dico brake make brakes for mechanical disks

Good

You only need one finger on the brake lever

I have nishiki bike Which break you recommend

i have shimano brakes i replace my pads with organic pads over a month but now its making noise and i notice they are getting smaller now tell me please what to do and which pads are better thanks

Hey sick biker would you please make a video on v-brakes and can you specify which are the best one to buy. Speaking of break pads how much did they cost you? Cuz I see many of them on Amazon but they are far high on price I mean like 2,346 Indian rupees after seeing that I ask myself seriously dude just for 2 pads I will have to give 2 thousands???

Actually I thought there were some things not being obvious so it’s actually a complete beginners video. I hoped for some things like bleeding with more pressure or other things

You should always use ONE FINGER Breaking...In this video you show 2 fingers...also you should put the lever further IN toward the fork so that JUST your index finger fits right in the curve. 2 finger breaking?? DON"T DO IT..you want as many fingers as possible on the grip. Also regular paper towels will leave behind fibers. You should only use shop towels as they don't leave any fibers behind.

Will u pls tell me the best brands of cycles in india with price pls

Bro after installing all things new brake is not like doing stoppie

Can I use v brake shoes in normal cheap brake

Plz send me a disc and braking pads

When I buy a gear cycle I can't control it but now I am easily drive it my disc break making a more sound say me any solution

Good information, my Mt5 feel spongy can they be burped please and how thank you Lee. Cube Stereo 160 Race :)

I puted some wd-40 on my suspension fork .Was this bad? please help me . Then i got alll the dirt out and oiled it with car oil

It is safe to operate a 40t truck with 1mm thick brake pads according to German TUV! I think it is ok if your bicycle brake pads are 1mm thick !

best your bike

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