Bicycle Maintenance & Repairs : How to Adjust the Brakes on your Bicycle

Tightening or loosing bicycle brakes can be done by making adjustments on the barrel adjuster or on the brake caliper on the back of the bike. Adjust bicycle brakes with tips from a bicycle mechanic in this free video on bike maintenance and repairs.

Expert: Evan George
Contact: www.greggscycles.com
Bio: Evan George has been a mechanic at Gregg's Cycles for over a year.
Filmmaker: Ross Safronoff

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• bicycles
• bikes
• tires
• chains
• handlebars
• brakes
• spokes

[nTerms]

shirt matching the bike. +1

[TripleX207]

good video

[FredNationFN]

@freezazoid I have the same problem too! If you could message me if you did or didn't find a fix please do! Thanks!

[freezazoid]

I have some 80's Campagnolo brakes.... 1984. One of the brake-pads moves when I brake and the other doesn't really move, which causes rubbing on one side! Can't find any vids on vintage brakes... any suggestions?

[Grrrrrene]

@meyarz Since your cable is going to stretch over its lifetime, that is a very unlikely scenario. if you really have this problem, you (or whoever set up your bike) fitted a cable that is too short. The only good solution is to install a new cable, unless you have very wide bends in the cable. In that case you could remove a bit of outer cable...

[kilplayer]

what if the brake just stays in the position when you brake and doesnt go back so it keeps braking please help

[meyarz]

how about if it is too too tight and you 0 cable avalible to adjust??

[nospace225]

thanks alot

[cuevarap]

The good thing with bike mechanics in general is that parts are well exposed so that common sense, a good professional orientation & basic mechanic ability can easily do the trick.

[TheInsaneFree]

From the shirt-bicycle colour mix to the good description a very useful vid.

2 thumbs up from Germany

[spitgalore]

Thanks for the tips. It seems so simple when there are tips from a professional.