Bike maintenance workshop: brakes

Leaders
Andrew Fasano (he/him), Chrissy Glover, Josh Bradshaw, Sunhee Bae
Type
Road biking
Trip date
Thursday, June 29th, 2023
Difficulty rating
Chill
Prerequisites
None

What

For the second installation of the bike maintenance workshops we'll be going over how to clean your brakes. This workshop is for you if you've noticed some wear in your brakes, if you're hearing squeaky sounds while braking, or if you haven't looked at your brakes in the past 11 years and value the ability to stop.

This will be a hands-on workshop, so bring your bicycle! The content is suited for rim + mechanical disk brakes. We will provide the required tools. We'll also go over shifting and handlebar alignment if time allows. Feel free to bring your miscellaneous bike maintenance questions too and a leader might be able to help you out.

When + where

Thursday, June 29th, 6-8pm

West side of Killian Court (look for the bikes)

Bring

Required

  • bicycle
  • filled water bottle (to rinse things off)

Optional

  • rags
  • disposable gloves
  • sandpaper (if you have disk brakes; ~120ish grit)
  • multitool
  • if you know you need to replace your pads, feel free to bring new pads along
  • we recommend you wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty :)

Signup

Algorithm
first-come, first-serve
Maximum participants
13
Signups opened at
June 25, 2023, 6 p.m.
Signups closed at
June 29, 2023, 10 a.m.
Notes
  1. What type of bike will you be bringing and what type of brakes does it have (rim or disk brakes)?
  2. What is your experience with performing bike maintenance?
  3. What bike maintenance topics are you interested in learning (in this workshop or generally)?
Signups for this trip are closed.