PERFECT BRAKE SET-UP

To maximise your confidence and ride to the best of your abilities, you need to make sure your brakes are totally dialled. In a few simple steps you can tune your brake system to your riding style and local terrain and get them working as efficiently as possible.

Back to basics first: brakes work by converting kinetic energy – or motion – into thermal energy – or heat. So heat is a vital part of any brake system. But too much of it, or too little, and the brakes won’t perform to their full potential.

1 BLEED/SERVICE

If your brake levers feel spongy, in other words you can still squeeze them after the pads have hit the rotor, then they’re probably going to need bleeding.

We’re not going to cover the process here,