For all vehicles, the brake system must work very well. You need to make adjustments and required maintenance to increase your safety while driving your vehicles. Also, the vehicles which are basic as bikes must be taken care of. Here you can find information about how to adjust bike brakes carefully and basically. You can find information about the different kinds of types of brakes also. It is very important to check your brakes working well.
How to Adjust Bike Brakes?
The working mechanism of the caliper bike brakes is very simple. You are taking the rod of the brake on the handlebar of your bar to make the brake. And the brake pads are taken by a wire mechanism to the brake surface of your rims. With the friction between the brake pads and the surface, the brake takes place.
But when the pads are worn out over time, you need to squeeze the brake pads. And probably there is a notch on your pads that is the limit of the worn material. Once the worn section comes to the notch, you need to replace the brake pads directly.
Or, the brake pads can be heavily in contact with the surface of the rims. In this case, you need to release the pad. You just need to follow these instructions.
There are two ways to do it.
First way: Adjustment from wire system.
- As you see in the photo, there is a wired system that you can adjust the tightness of the brake pads of your bike. And this wire is connected to the pad system with a very basic fastener.
- You will need pliers to hold the excess wire as you see in the photo. And you will need a proper size key to release the wire.
- Hold the excess side of the wire with a help of a plier.
- Turn the nut with the key counterclockwise to release the wire connection.
- Once you release the wire connection, you need to take the wire outside to increase the tightness of the pads. And you need to release a part of the excess wire inside the system if you want to decrease the tightness.
- Once you find the best adjustment, you need to turn the nut to the clockwise way to reconnect the wire.
- Test your brakes if it is in the ideal position to brake.
Second way: Adjusting the brake pads directly.
- Also as you see in the photo, the brake pad is connected with the help of a very simple connection mechanism.
- To adjust the placement of the pad, you just need to release the nut that coınnects the brake pad mechanism by turning it counterclockwise. And adjust the place of the pad. By doing it, you can easily rotate the brake pad without any problem.
- Then rotate the nut clockwise to tighten the connection.
- Test your brake system if it is working well.
How to Adjust Disc Bike Brakes?
Also, other kinds of bikes have disc bike brakes. The disc system is a much more reliable and safe system if we compare it with the other kinds of brakes. And also they have much more difficulty dealing with this because of their complex system. You can follow these instructions if you want to adjust your bike brakes successfully.
- First thing that you need to check is the quick-release skewer. You need to have a very simple key system to release it. If you have a problem with the rubbing wheels, you need to release the skewer and retighten it. If the problem continues, you need to follow these instructions.
- The brake lever is connected to the brake pad system with the help of nuts. You just need to tightly release these nuts. And you need to be sure that the wheel can rotate freely. To do it, you just need to place your bike in a stable free place.
- By adjusting these levers, you need to be sure that you adjusted the pad is not rubbing to the disc. And also the brake must be strong enough.
- You should try it several times to find the best adjustment for your brakes.
- Test your brakes if they are working well.
If You Have Caliper Brakes?
The working principle of the caliper bike brakes is nearly the same as the normal bike brakes in general. You can make adjustments from the pads directly as we explained above. And also you can easily make the adjustments by adjusting the mechanical levers that are connected to the brake pads.
Conclusion on How to Adjust Bike Brakes
These are the general points that we can explain about adjusting the bike brakes. It is very important to correctly adjust your brakes to increase the safety of your trips. And also the maintenance of your brakes is also very important thing.
If you have additional comments and questions about how to adjust the bike brakes, you can leave them below.
