I would like you to know that as a result of watching your video I successfully removed, inspected, and replaced the brake pads on my bicycle which is equipped with the same brakes as your Surly. Thank you for posting a clear, organized and easy to follow tutorial.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video, and for your clear, careful camera work. One of the reasons I stopped buying SRAM products years ago is because their user manuals are atrocious. As an amateur mechanic for our family fleet, I need more help than what their official documentation provides; this video is exactly what I needed for today's project. Thanks!
Thank you for this! I fought with my brake pads for close to two hours before watching your video to learn how to install them properly. The "click" around 7:20 was the step that I was missing.
Thanks for showing the spring into which they will lock, and the instruction to "give it another push until you hear it click, and give them a little yank." I definitely needed that part--wished I'd a' watched it before losing one pad, ahem.
I have watched Park tool and struggled for ages.. But you explained where and how the ears clicked into place, after that I fixed them in seconds!! Thankyou!!
I have seen a bunch of BB7 brake pad replacement tutorials, none of them fit for purpose until I saw this video. Very well explained (professional grade!). Thank you Mr. omg bikes!!!
Just wanna say thank you for sharing this content. It has finally made me want to deal with issues like these myself. Saved me a trip to the mechanic as well.
amazing that you don't show which is the left/right pad on the bike or video of actually putting the pads back on the bike -- both critical -- particularly to beginners.
Thank you very much! I appreciated the top-to-bottom presentation. FYI, I had just bought a new bike off Craigslist, had never had disc brakes before, and as I was re-assembling the rear wheel into the frame, I managed to knock the Right Rear Brake Pad out...I had no idea what to do, just watched your vid, popped the other pad out, fished out the spring (which I had no idea was in there) and then was able to get it back into the clamp. I'll adjust the pads after I figure out the grip shifters, ha ha
Thank you for your very helpful instructional video. I wish the camera angle was put so that we could have seen you pull the pads out. ;-) All's well, I'm heading to give it a shot. Cheers!
thanks, I have XMFOX 3.0 from Aliexpress, copy of Avid BB7, workaround is the same, Am very pleased with the brakes on my Trekking bike, traveling daily 34km to work
Hello Mr. omg bikes it would be so cool if you have tutorials for Crossbikes and/or Road bikes I have subscribed and saved this video on my Maintenance RUclips folder, Thanks again!
Thanks for this great video! I just replaced my rear pads (they were down to the metal on the old ones...) but the material on the somewhat cheap mail order ones I got is SO thick that even with both inner and outer adjustments fully open (widest points) there is some rub. Not sure what I can do on that, other than ride with a bit of rub and hope the material wears down fast!
Thanks - prettty clear - mine brake failed while riding. first a high pitched uneven sound then the rear brakes locked up - i adjuste out on road so i could get home - so i am now going to go out and remove the break pads and insert - do not know what problem is. I assume that left and right is facing forward
I have the AVID BB7 MTN rear brake and the regarding outer pad gear adjuster (the red plastic gear) the tiny metal piece that sticks out the middle has gone deeper in the hole and I can’t get it back out to where it was. Do you have any suggestions on how I can fix this? Thank you so much!
I know your comment is a year old but I just bought these brakes for my bike and it is my understanding that the small metal piece moves deeper into the red plastic adjustment knob as you turn it to adjust the position of the pads. It’s meant to be an indicator of how much your pads have worn down.
Nice job with the tutorial! At my cyclocross everything looks fine, but the bike is shaking on when I use only the front brake. What could be wrong? Thank you!
Yeah, don't touch your rotors or pads contact surfaces with your bare hands! The natural oils on your hands will more than likely contaminate your brake system causing stretching and whining of your brakes! Otherwise, great tutorial!
omg bikes , would you suggest brake pad removal with such little wear? The only reason I can figure for that is to check for pad surface defects. This week I replaced 37-month old pads in a Avid BB7 on a 3 year old Surly Disc Trucker, I may have waited a bit long. One of the pads was worn down to 0.6mm, a depth at which the spring may have engaged the rotor and caused complete collapse of brake effectiveness. Did find some things out in the process: the brake pads have no physical structure to indicate wear replacement depth; the spring between the two brake pads is fragile & a critical component of the system; and, the spring does not physically clip into the brake pads, say like a C-clip. Can't say as I found the resources at Avid or as listed with new replacement brake pads of any use, I only checked the downloadable material which had nothing, videos are also available there but I did not check them. So thank you for making his information available in your video.
as i stated in the video - if i was prepping the bike for a long trek, i would probably put new brake pads in; otherwise, it doesn't make sense and i didn't do it in the video. as you saw, the spring and all other aspects of the braking system were fine at 7,500 miles, so no reason to replace anything.
@@omgbikes , yes that would be the principal concern. But by handling the parts, don't you increase the chance of damaging the delicate spring or even misaligning when reassembling. Thus increasing the chance of brake failure. With the small amount of wear you detected, wouldn't a visual inspection usually be adequate? However, these comments would prevent you from showing a useful bicycle maintenance skill.
Unfortunately the work being done in removing and reinstalling the brake pads and spring is obscured by the disc housing. I stopped viewing after 4 mins.
I would like you to know that as a result of watching your video I successfully removed, inspected, and replaced the brake pads on my bicycle which is equipped with the same brakes as your Surly. Thank you for posting a clear, organized and easy to follow tutorial.
that is awesome! happy to hear the video helped, and glad it went well for you!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video, and for your clear, careful camera work. One of the reasons I stopped buying SRAM products years ago is because their user manuals are atrocious. As an amateur mechanic for our family fleet, I need more help than what their official documentation provides; this video is exactly what I needed for today's project. Thanks!
Good instructional video, preparing to replace the pads on my Cannondale tandem BB7s. Love my Brooks saddle after25 years of use!
Thank you for this! I fought with my brake pads for close to two hours before watching your video to learn how to install them properly. The "click" around 7:20 was the step that I was missing.
Thanks for showing the spring into which they will lock, and the instruction to "give it another push until you hear it click, and give them a little yank." I definitely needed that part--wished I'd a' watched it before losing one pad, ahem.
I have watched Park tool and struggled for ages.. But you explained where and how the ears clicked into place, after that I fixed them in seconds!! Thankyou!!
Hey, nice job! You helped me solve my problem! Big gratitude for the clarity and the close-ups!
awesome! glad it helped!
Easily the best video out there on how to service these brakes. 4 sets checked and changed! Thanks so much
I have seen a bunch of BB7 brake pad replacement tutorials, none of them fit for purpose until I saw this video. Very well explained (professional grade!). Thank you Mr. omg bikes!!!
Just wanna say thank you for sharing this content. It has finally made me want to deal with issues like these myself. Saved me a trip to the mechanic as well.
You're very welcome
Nice Job on the video. Clear and Concise. I went right out bought new brake pads and replaced them with no trouble.
amazing that you don't show which is the left/right pad on the bike or video of actually putting the pads back on the bike -- both critical -- particularly to beginners.
Thank you very much! I appreciated the top-to-bottom presentation. FYI, I had just bought a new bike off Craigslist, had never had disc brakes before, and as I was re-assembling the rear wheel into the frame, I managed to knock the Right Rear Brake Pad out...I had no idea what to do, just watched your vid, popped the other pad out, fished out the spring (which I had no idea was in there) and then was able to get it back into the clamp. I'll adjust the pads after I figure out the grip shifters, ha ha
nice. glad it helped
Thank you for posting this video. Very helpful.
Much better than Sram's how to.
They don't highlight how important it is to seat the ears in the clip.
Well done for showing this in detail.
thank you! glad it was helpful.
Really appreciate this video my guy!
Thank you for your very helpful instructional video. I wish the camera angle was put so that we could have seen you pull the pads out. ;-) All's well, I'm heading to give it a shot. Cheers!
Excellent. Just what I needed to see and learn.
Thank you now I know how to do this on my Surly Disc Trucker!
awesome. hope it worked out!
thanks, I have XMFOX 3.0 from Aliexpress, copy of Avid BB7, workaround is the same, Am very pleased with the brakes on my Trekking bike, traveling daily 34km to work
Hello Mr. omg bikes it would be so cool if you have tutorials for Crossbikes and/or Road bikes I have subscribed and saved this video on my Maintenance RUclips folder, Thanks again!
Thanks man no idea how to replace my old mans brake pads 😂
hope it helped!
great video dude. I'm putting the road bb7 sl on my 20" BMX (google WTP chaos machine) and this is completely foreign territory for me. thank you
Great tutorial! Thank you!
Excellent tutorial!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for this great video! I just replaced my rear pads (they were down to the metal on the old ones...) but the material on the somewhat cheap mail order ones I got is SO thick that even with both inner and outer adjustments fully open (widest points) there is some rub. Not sure what I can do on that, other than ride with a bit of rub and hope the material wears down fast!
Thank you - very helpful!
Thanks - prettty clear - mine brake failed while riding. first a high pitched uneven sound then the rear brakes locked up - i adjuste out on road so i could get home - so i am now going to go out and remove the break pads and insert - do not know what problem is. I assume that left and right is facing forward
thanks just done mine after watching video.
Glad I could help
I have the AVID BB7 MTN rear brake and the regarding outer pad gear adjuster (the red plastic gear) the tiny metal piece that sticks out the middle has gone deeper in the hole and I can’t get it back out to where it was. Do you have any suggestions on how I can fix this? Thank you so much!
I know your comment is a year old but I just bought these brakes for my bike and it is my understanding that the small metal piece moves deeper into the red plastic adjustment knob as you turn it to adjust the position of the pads. It’s meant to be an indicator of how much your pads have worn down.
what does it mean for life when u said if i were to use a long trek instead of a road bike for commuting?
keep them for that condition?
Nice job with the tutorial! At my cyclocross everything looks fine, but the bike is shaking on when I use only the front brake. What could be wrong?
Thank you!
Great video, thank you.
Great video - Thanks!
thank you!
really useful, thank you.
Glad to hear that!
best to wear rubber gloves when working on brakes, disks. and emphasize thorough degreasing of pads and disks.
ooops, didn't do that. will do next time.
Yeah, don't touch your rotors or pads contact surfaces with your bare hands! The natural oils on your hands will more than likely contaminate your brake system causing stretching and whining of your brakes!
Otherwise, great tutorial!
omg bikes , would you suggest brake pad removal with such little wear? The only reason I can figure for that is to check for pad surface defects. This week I replaced 37-month old pads in a Avid BB7 on a 3 year old Surly Disc Trucker, I may have waited a bit long. One of the pads was worn down to 0.6mm, a depth at which the spring may have engaged the rotor and caused complete collapse of brake effectiveness.
Did find some things out in the process: the brake pads have no physical structure to indicate wear replacement depth; the spring between the two brake pads is fragile & a critical component of the system; and, the spring does not physically clip into the brake pads, say like a C-clip.
Can't say as I found the resources at Avid or as listed with new replacement brake pads of any use, I only checked the downloadable material which had nothing, videos are also available there but I did not check them. So thank you for making his information available in your video.
as i stated in the video - if i was prepping the bike for a long trek, i would probably put new brake pads in; otherwise, it doesn't make sense and i didn't do it in the video. as you saw, the spring and all other aspects of the braking system were fine at 7,500 miles, so no reason to replace anything.
@@omgbikes , yes that would be the principal concern. But by handling the parts, don't you increase the chance of damaging the delicate spring or even misaligning when reassembling. Thus increasing the chance of brake failure. With the small amount of wear you detected, wouldn't a visual inspection usually be adequate?
However, these comments would prevent you from showing a useful bicycle maintenance skill.
The camera angle was perfectly hiding what I wanted to see.
But how do you take them out
Nice video.
Thank you!
The frayed brake cable makes me cringe!
true
I agree. I see shredded socks.
Wow no wonder latest model of many touring - gravel-commuting bikes use trp spyre c, it works better
I’m pretty happy with the BB7s. They’ve been entirely problem free from time of install. No experience with the TRP though.
Unfortunately the work being done in removing and reinstalling the brake pads and spring is obscured by the disc housing. I stopped viewing after 4 mins.
Dude, you know the existence of end caps? This is fuckin scary.