Adjusting Road Bike Brake Levers

The two main things you ll want to adjust in your bike s brake system are the brake pads and the brake cables.

Adjusting road bike brake levers. Here s our guide to adjusting them and working this in to your bike fit. Locks the position of the adjusting knob so it doesn t go out of whack. Gcn tech 70 817 views. V brakes have a small screw at the bottom of each brake arm.

How to level your brake levers to perfection road bike maintenance duration. Routinely adjusting your bike brakes will help them perform better and ensure you re riding safely. Bicycle brakes may all be designed to stop the wheels from turning but the ways in which they do this vary enormously. Sram shifters can be adjusted much like newer shimano shifters.

They also allow you to move the shifter and brake levers independently so you can have a greater or shorter distance between the two levers if you like. These adjust the spring tension. Setting up handlebars on a road and cross bike duration. Adjusting the reach on sram shifters.

This allows you to adjust the length of the cable housing. These clamp together to squeeze brake pads pieces of rubber not shown onto the wheel s rim to stop the bike. Most brake levers sram shimano and campagnolo are now adjustable. If your bike s sidepull brakes lack this feature slacken the fixing bolt that holds the brake to the frame or fork move the brake then retighten the fixing bolt.

Screw this in or out slowly so you can watch the brake arms move. The distance from handlebar grip to lever can be adjusted to suit any hand size type of riding and individual rider preferences.