I have an old bike, it breaks, I document that here.
The new pistons and collars have come in so it’s time to rebuild the calipers that were torn down in a previous post.
All so shiny and clean, time to install. Continue reading “Let’s stop and talk about brakes for a bit – Part 2 – The Rebuild”
Yeah it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, because I’ve been busy (or riding). Well I finally have time to get around to putting the correct front end on my 700S. This means swapping the whole front end, none of it is interchangeable between the 650 and 700S. So I had to order brakes off of eBay and since I don’t trust eBay brakes, step 1 is rebuilding them.
Here’s the before pic. Doesn’t look too bad, on the outside. Continue reading “Let’s stop and talk about brakes for a bit – Part 1 – The tear down.”