Ensuring your brake pads are in good condition is critical to your safety. Check the brake pads regularly, especially when a lot of heavy braking has occurred. Replacement brake pads are available from UBCO Ltd or your UBCO dealer.
Warning: Brake rotors get hot during braking. Allow sufficient time for brakes to cool before touching or doing any maintenance.
To replace the brake pads:
- Unscrew the pin on the top of the calliper body with a number 3 Allen key, remove the end clip and pull the pin.
- Remove the brake pads from the top of the calliper and discard. Guide new brake pads in, from the top of the calliper, until the holes line up.
Do not touch the pad surface with your skin. - Re-install the fastening pin and tighten with the Allen key.
- Replace the end clip
Bedding-in the Brakes:
For optimum brake performance with new bikes and brake pads, we recommend doing a series of 10 sequential, firm braking efforts from 40kph to 5kph in a controlled environment. This will ensure that the brake pad material is sufficiently deposited onto the rotor, improving the total braking force available, as well as resistance to over-heating.