How do you take brakes off your bike?

Answer 1

For a drop bar road bike:

1. Unhook cable at brake

2. Pull level down as if braking

3. Look inside there should be a screw figure out which type of screwdriver you will need

3. Loosen the screw until the brake lever assembly moves easily.

4. Unwind the bar tape and pull the brake lever off.

For flat bar bikesyou should be able to see the screw for the clamp immediately. Pull grip off, loosen screw and the brake lever should slide right off.

Answer 2

Unclamp brake wires from brake arms, remove crimped-on end caps, pull wires out. Unbolt brakes from bike. Pull grips off handlebar and remove brake levers, put grips back on. Then make sure you have new brakes to replace them with and follow the procedure backwards to install them.

Answer 3

With great difficulty.

Pedal brakes, AKA coaster brakes have the actual brake mechanism inside the rear hub. It's sometimes possible to disassemble the rear hub and remove the brake shoes so that turning the pedals backward won't brake the bike anymore - but that usually still won't make it possible to back pedal more than a half turn or so.

Unless the brake is dragging badly, you're better off leaving it in. Saves you the trouble of having to readjust the bearings and whatnot.

Answer 4

When you brake, the weight of the bike will shift forward. so the rear will skid quite easily, be prepared to let up on that. On good Surfaces, the front can take a lot of braking, but you need to brace your arms and get your body low-and-back to keep from tipping forward.

Answer 5

The brake for the front tire is the lever on the right side in front of the throttle. The brake for the rear tire is the little lever in front of your right foot peg.

Answer 6

Depends on what kind of brakes they are, there are several models available. Check out www.sheldonbrown.com, www.bicyclectutor.com or www.parktool.com for help.

Answer 7

with considerable difficulty.

You need to fully disassemble the rear hub and remove the brake shoes.

Even after that, you won't be able to back-pedal(much).