MTB Mechanic: How to Bleed a Hayes Brake

By Lennard Zinn
Published Jun. 26, 2011
Updated Nov. 17, 2011 at 4:49 PM UTC

Do your brakes work when you need them the most? Singletrack.com’s Lennard Zinn demonstrates how to bleed a Hayes hydraulic brake so they work properly and you can ride even faster.

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Lennard Zinn

Lennard Zinn, our longtime technical writer, joined VeloNews in 1987. He is also a frame builder, former U.S. national team rider, and author of many bicycle books including Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance and Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists. He holds a bachelor’s in physics from Colorado College. Readers can send brief technical questions to Ask LZ.