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Peanut:
I can do most mechanical things, hubs, sprockets, bearings, chains etc. but I have to confess I'm utterly sh!te when it comes to brakes and all things brake related. Every bike I've ever had has been rubbish at braking and I think I need some help. I have mags wheels, what brake calipers do I need? what brake blocks? what levers? I'm running a gyro and my old mx levers didn't have enough leverage so I've had to change them. What levers did you guys use BITD? did you use them with a gyro?

So many questions.

Trev:
i only just managed to learn how to get my brakes dialed properly with gyro about 3 or 4 months before i stopped riding..  :tickedoff:  i used the odyssey brakes back then with an odyssey gyro.

but i'm probably not the best person to ask now as with the state of my brakes, i might as well be brakeless.

RATTY:
Welcome to old school, where the brakes never work.  >:D

OrgasmDonor:
i spend hours setting my brakes up, take inner out and grease it and put back in, use masking tape to wrap round the wheel and hold the brake blocks tight to the rim, make sure the pads are square to the rim, use an adjustable hammer with some kitchen roll over the arms to bend em in if need be). put cables in position and feed into brack anchors and pull on the inner with a pair of molegrips like fook and tighten up. then pull the fook out of your lever on and off for a good ten mins or so to try n stretch it as much as possible (the longer you can be arsed to do this the better). then loosen the nut holding the cable to your brake and pull thro again with molegrips as tight as you can taking up the extra you have created with stretching and re tighten and repeat, loosen again pull thro and retighten, then take masking tape off and check clearence from blocks to wheels, if too tight, put masking tape back over to hold to rims and gently loosen nut thats holding cable till you see it slip slightly and retigten and recheck distance from wheel again, my brakes work fookin awesome regardless of what levers calipers etc. but must confess tech3s with asc boas are the daddies, if you can, get some stainless inners from a bike shop they do make a difference and use alcohol wipes on rims n blocks to remove all the crap you cant see. tuff pads (especially the baby blue ones) and the red dia compe pads and the odyssey pads you got with midschool brakes are the best for mags.

also, if you wish, dampen some kitchen roll with non diet coke and dab round the brake surface of the rim, dont soak it, this really does work if ya dont take the piss with it.

mx900s give far superior braking to 1000s also

Trev:
fook that!!!

i really admire your patience and that is the best way to get the best out of your brakes.  i really should spend a bit of time on my brakes but i'm too impatient / lazy to do so.

i think i'll take a leaf out of your book though and spend about an hour or so sorting out my brakes properly.

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