Spinning Bikes – How to Center your bike brakes ?

Posted by admin on October 30, 2011 under Exercise Bikes | Be the First to Comment

In most cases, your brakes should be symmetrical and an equal distance from the wheel rim. If one of the brake pads touches the rim before the other or, even worse, rubs on the rim while you’re riding, an adjustment to center the brakes may be needed.

Before you center the brakes, make sure that:

Your wheel is centered in the frame or fork.

Your wheel is trued.

Your wheel is spinning straight.

If your wheel isn’t centered, true, and spinning straight, what may appear like a brake being off-center may be the wheel wobbling toward one of the brakes.

The procedures for centering brakes may vary slightly depending on what type of brakes you have, but here are some strategies you may be able to try:

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