Rail 7 breakin rides

[Razz1]

125 miles on new bike.1st front brakes terrible.Feels like they need to be bled.Power awesome.Hills no longer exist.Back brakes seem ok.Been cleaning after every ride.Quite challenging not to get motor and battery wet while washing.In all of my rides haven't used more than two bars.Tires seem to grip ok.Still have tubes.Little skeptical to go tubless.Dont like presta valves,pain using adapters.Wish they were Schrader valves.Was going to drill out rim's for Schrader valves but LBS can't get tubes in 2.6 with Schraders.Might have to upgrade front brakes.Other then small problems loving bike.Most fun I've had.

 

[pgtips]

front brakes terrible

Agree about the brakes. I have a Shimano brake bleed kit coming and I give that a go. If not any better I might try metal pads and see from there.

 

[OldGoatMTB]

Buy a new pump. All the new ones work with Presta.

 

[Gazman233]

Go tubless man it’s the future ! 6 flats in a week I had with tubes on my new bike , 300 miles later after tubless and not one flat to speak of !

 

[BigMark]

Any reputable bike shop will set you up tubeless before you roll out the door, when they say no discount because of covid you should kindly ask if they can include tubeless, helmet, water bottle and co2 kit they most likely will. Anybody using tubes will get so many flats life will be miserable. Right now the bike shops are running out of parts, the parts you will go through are pads, rotors, tires, chains, and cassettes stock up if you are riding hard.

 

[1981Miked]

I had to bleed my brakes aswell, just used a small syringe with the plunger bit out as my fluid holder whilst I did the whole pull the lever and open the bleed valve thing now. Brakes are much better now and I’m more than happy with them.

 

[Kernow]

Don’t drill your rims , you will want to go tubeless , and if they are drilled out you’ll have no chance you shouldn’t need an adapter with presta , sounds like you’ve got the wrong pump fitting . Or maybe look at one of the tannus type systems not sure about the 7 but the 9 was tubeless ready set up by the shop .
Front brake most likely wants the pistons setting out a bit or just centralising seems to be common on lots of new brakes now
Remove wheel or caliper and carefully squeeze the brake lever so the pistons move out a bit and are a tighter fit on the discs , they will then re set even if they feel a bit tight to begin with . Check out adjusting brakes on YouTube , you’ll need to do it quite often on any disc setup

 

[Jschlueter]

Stans makes a Schrader tubeless valve if you decide to go that way. The stock brakes work great if the pads are bed in properly, hydraulics bled correctly and calipers are centered on the rotor.