How to Adjust Bike Brakes

[harryahmed420]

thanks now i just need a bike

[Huskiemusic]

Thanks for that, lifesaver!

[lbkiml]

what are those levers on the brakes on the other side? my bike has them but not quite sure what they do

[Dude5Sweet]

Thank you very much!

[dnweisbrich]

your awesome



[ingnir]

Ha. You just helped me fix my brakes! Thanks

[robray100100]

Thank god for this video! I have been trying to adjust the brakes on my daughters bike for nearly two hours before I saw this. I was at the point of tearing my hair, now I see how easy it is.

With regards the spanner / wrench argument, if someone shows you a tool and says this is a spanner, does it matter what you call it? If you still can't work it out you're too stupid to be adjusting your own brakes, better get a pro to do it. The guy is showing brake adjust not discussing tool names!

[tf2tonight]

Shut up about the spanner, wrench shit. Nobody cares.

[leam9bull9]

it's a spanner

[josepalomo100]

i have a mountain bike and the wires that connects the handle bar to the brake poped HELP ME!!!!!

[sinky101]

@josepalomo100 why is the Pope anywhere near your bike?

[NORTHERNKONFLIKT]

WHAT IN THE HELL IS A FUCKING "SPANNA"?

[mickeyswift]

@NORTHERNKONFLIKT Your a spanner, you fucking spanner!!! lol

[essentialpassion]

@NORTHERNKONFLIKT

it's a wrench.

[LittleLamb1998]

Didnt work for my bike :(

[EatMyButtCheese]

this saved my life

[josh1492]

flamers

[koolittlekid]

a 53 year old dude on youtube? Sweet~~~

[BobKontak]

@koolittlekid Thank you.  I am exceptionally groovy for my age.

[m0rbidh0rr0r]

i dig this dude's accent.

[tylertyler82]

My brakes are nothing like this- the front brake is not connected to the frame at all like you see here.

[Ireland279]

can anyone help me?

my back brake is tight but when i pull the lever for the brake it doesn't go back to its original position,please reply!

[eyesofahunter]

@Ireland279 in most cases water will have got into the break cable and caused it to rust a little, which is why it wont losen again, for an easy fix disconect the break cable (removes the tension) and pull the break cable through its cover, you should find only the top couple of cm's rusty, sand with a fine grade sandpaper to remove rust and lubricate, replace and work brakes untill they are lose =)

[ninjafree9neasy]

thank you very much!!!!! now i fix my bike : )

[brutaka359]

This is just what I am looking for but this didn't help me because I have a different kind of brakes! :(

[tonithetiger19]

Great video, very helpful. and BTW, people who use the term homosexual as an insult suffer from repressed homosexuality. They also fall into the same category as individuals who use the words retard and jewish as insults. Ignorant. :-)

[arsenalfan10987]

i love this video!! had brake problems for ages but fixed now.thanks you !!! :)

[freezazoid]

I have some 80's Campagnolo breaks.... 1984. One of the pads moves when I break and the other doesn't move so much. Can't find any vids on vintage brakes... any suggestions?

[Dhanabanana82]

The Shimano brakes I have also have a lever system that when moved through allow you to adjust the pad distance. Do you have any experience with these?

[BoxFullofDragons]

okay i have a request i have a job i just got but im new and im having a problem tuning Single-Pivot U brakes there very anal at work so i really need help tuning this type of break before i can go back to work thanx :) oh meaning please post a video showing me how to do this thx

[unicuber]

badly adjusted brakes are gonna slow you down...hopefully, well adjusted brakes will slow you down.

[jednutty]

I've been riding my bike for the last two , almost hitting people

[rat1a1tat1tat]

wahooooo thankyou :D

[brettmw011]

fagggs

[Oxstayne]

"Badly adjusted brakes are gonna slow you down." Isn't that the point of brakes? To slow you down?

[chrispeck71]

@Oxstayne

Um, not when you don't want to stop. I don't know if you're trying to be funny or not, but you weren't.

[rat1a1tat1tat]

@Oxstayne what he means by badly adjusted brakes is when the brake pad is always on the wheel cause its adjusted badly.

[silverbullet11202]

@Oxstayne it isn't if you are trying to gain speed.

[DarkHorizonStudios]

I always knew Duncan McCleod was a bicyclist - THERE CAN BE ONLY 1!

[nebyou]

@DarkHorizonStudios I hope I'm not the only one that got that haha

[Analog4Digital]

Thanks!

[drmarthacastro]

Thank you for the lesson. It works perfectly :)

Keep up the good work and keep on pedaling that bike, friend! Twittered the video and TU!

[eBiology]

In the operating room its called a wrench, but some people tend to call it a spanner. It seems like a pretty pointless argument though...

[gortranger]

Good and helpful video which had the added advantage of being concise.

Thanks

[navylaks2]

i allways get the same problem with my V-brakes the wont pull equally

[matthewjetthall]

This guy is brilliant! My son and I used this to fix #2 son's brakes that were spinning.

[penn707]

Is this guy Chinese?

[shlem12]

@penn707 scottish...

[duncr]

@penn707 Are you mental?

[Jimbowholivesinsoup]

thanks, helped me a lot in this cycling season.

[rockyatl13]

lol @ badly adjusted brakes are gonna slow you down

[disisbruno]

thank you... very helpful

[BobKontak]

Thank you! 53 years old and I can finally adjust these things correctly.

Regarding earlier spanner vs. wrench posts: Any American with mechanical aptitude and "wrenching" experience knows that spanner and wrench are interchangeable. The poster also called it a spanner while displaying the tool. How hard is that to figure out?

[Toca91]

@BobKontak It is hard when you're stupid :) Thank god we're from Europe.

[BobKontak]

@Toca91 You guys make me so mad.

[Toca91]

@BobKontak I didn't mean that. It's just the point that you have to be incredibly stupid not to realize what is a spanner after andcax showed it on cam. Either you're really stupid (American), or you are pretending, which is also stupid.

[BobKontak]

@Toca91  I am an American. It's fair to say that we can be ignorant. Stupid happens everywhere.

[Toca91]

@BobKontak Ok, I'm sorry, you are one of the rare ones ;)

[thecountcollier]

@BobKontak i have been all over the world and stupid does happen everywhere at about the same level.. i think the reason people have such a bad impression of americans is that stupid people there can afford video cameras!!

[5boarder]

Thank you!! Your instructions are simple and made so much more sense than anything I read on the Internet. You saved me a trip to the bike shop!!!

[Nenuko90]

si lo explicas con unos frenos normales lo entenderemos. Solo un pijo tiene unos frenos asi

[cristian1217]

great video! very well explained made things so much easier.

[bpopd]

My road bike has a bolt that has creases between the notches.... Could I just use a wrench? It does fit back there.

[iluvcucumbers]

i wrench is ajustable and spanners arent

[WeMustBeStopped]

No. A box wrench, or open ended wrench, is not the same as an adjustable or crescent wrench. Spanner is to wrench as boot is to trunk---merely a American/British word disparity.

[flipwiggins]

"Badly adjusted brakes are going to slow you down". That's a great line! Heeee.

[circuitdesign]

Spanner? It looks like a wrench to me. Can you just call a wrench a wrench? Thanks for the video!

[heir2glory]

It's definitely a spanner you spanner! No need to call it a wrench when it's a spanner.

[circuitdesign]

OK, let's do a simple test. Go up to 5 random people and ask them what a spanner is. Then ask them what a wrench is. Compare the answers. Then report back here. Face it, nobody knows what the $##!@$ a spanner is. But everyone knows what a wrench is.

[heir2glory]

Here in the UK everybody knows what a spanner is and we hardly ever use the term wrench. The chap is clearly Scottish so is perfectly within his rights to call it a spanner.

[thatGUYbehindthemask]

@heir2glory its within his rights, but it makes him homosexual.

[mzzzhedison]

@heir2glory And for us U.S. citizens don't know what the fuck the term 'spanner' is, so I don't mind him using 'wrench'.

[zazenzach]

@heir2glory

you brits and your fancy language ;P

[hajenso]

Are these 5 people going to be in Britain or in America? That will pretty much determine the result.

[Talaramama]

just google spanner and choose images and stop complaining, its free video no one is paying the guy.

[zezimaa665]

god thank you i rode a 3 thousand dollar bike and i thought i broke it and it wasnt mine so thx

[gml4]

Ooohhh... that's how I fix it.! Thank you!

[sk8jack95]

my brakes are doing something where they push in but they dont pull back out. what should i do?

[Durken316]

spray wd40 on the brake line that should do the trick. comment back if works

[sk8jack95]

first i pulled the brake cables back and that did it but it still wasnt doin what i wanted it to. then i added wd40 and it did the trick. thanks alot dude.

[Durken316]

your welcome

[saisailup]

i have the same problem, but the thing is that one side pushes in but doesnt pull back out. can anyone help me?

[HellToaster]

I think that might have to do with the spring which is supposed to push the brakes away after each braking motion. Ive got the same thing. Do you have a side pull single caliper brake?

[Apollys]

Hmm what about disk brakes? :o

[kraigy]

Thanks!

[dytakeda]

"Badly adjusted brakes are going to slow you down" ??? What do correctly adjusted brakes do?

[Prefontaine77]

allow you to go faster since the brake is no longer slightly rubbing on your wheel.....

[spideyfan12]

lol u r cool :)

[halospartan92]

They slow you down because they do not make contact with the disc/rim so therefore you have to press harder on the brake, which makes the wheel lock up-if this happens going downhill you will lose control.

If it is misadjusted then they will rub and cause friction which slows you down.

[uatam552]

some one is it possible to make a fvid for the disc brake

[buzzkilling]

Great. Just adjusted mine without problem. Thanks for the video!

[mycycleclips]

Thanks very much. Just what I needed to know. Not long had my specialized Allez elite and the left front brake pad was pushing the wheel in as i applied the brakes. Thanks for posting.

[Dartanyannnn]

Thank you!

[krisl06]

Thanks for that! It was very helpful and I was able to fix my bike in just a couple of minutes!

[emanitudism]

"who calls a person a tit?"

it's common in the UK to use tit as a very mild, often jocular, insult

"Thats the gayest thing ever."

who misuses the word 'gay' as a judgement/insult? prejudiced people, that's who.

[ftpaddict]

I also don't get how some blokes call people cigarettes.

[emanitudism]

or meatballs

[skankinga]

thanks that was very helpful!

[squazzer]

Thank you so much for this video!!

[caitchlo]

fantastic, love ya

[treysparks1]

This is why I love youtube.

thanks a million!!!!!

[oopoo64]

I was having a lot of problems aligning my brakes, so the spanner/allan key demonstration was superb!

[ChrisOntiveros]

Thank you! Just what I needed =]

[simno44]

LOL what the hell? "badly ajusted breaks are going to slow you own".......thats the idea....tit

[alexplosive818]

Meaning they rub against the rim while you're peddling. Also, who calls a person a tit? Thats the gayest thing ever.

[CWJ12345678910]

have u got pro 2 hunbs they sound like it?

good tutorial tho :L

[bedbugg1]

i dont think he would have hope pro 2 hubs on a road bike but it sounds like it.

[stilscot]

This very helpful just what I needed. Love the accent too.

Thanks.

[jensenj08]

VERY useful

Thanks alot!

[rtsoccerplayer]

thanks, very informative!

[RAWRselene]

Thanks... :)

[BarbarraBay]

Thank you.

[Williepe]

Thank God for you! Sitting here with 2 Nottingham Raleighs and can't use either one b/c of bad brakes!!!!!

[Padawopwop]

"Badly adjusted brakes will slow you down" you say?

[erockrazor]

Yes, if they are touching your rim.

Transversely, good brakes will slow you down even more!

[Padawopwop]

Yeah bro, i'm bike mechanic. but it sounded kinda funny.

[simenhjort]

haha

[mouimen]

very helpful thank you

[shellblast55]

Excellent,thanks for that!

[jifblumoon]

great vid, thanks!

[Trent1492]

Thank you so much for the video! Could you do one for center pull cantilever?