I watch this video every time I work on my bikes. I watch it sometimes when I'm not even working on a bike. Absolutely the most clear and reassuring video that always leads to a perfect install.
I was going insane adjusting the brakes on a used Cannondale F500 CAD2 I purchased recently at a garage sale for only $35. The bike is in like-new condition, but someone along the line put the rear brakes together wholly wrong. This excellent video showed me exactly how it went together, and in what order to adjust it. After three hours of frustration, got on TH-cam and watched this video and NAILED IT on my first attempt. I should have watched this in the first place. Our son is moving into his dorm for his first year of college tomorrow, and this video saved the day for me. Many thanks...now I can finally load up the bike up and send him to school!
@@BeyondEcstasyYou don’t need too many tools for this and many people who don’t have them will just buy a set which is perfect for what they need. No need to be so pessimistic 😂
Wow, what a perfect instructional video. I spent years to learn this stuff - I wish I had this video 10 years ago! Calvin, you're the Don! And big Kudos to the camera handler.
This is one GREAT video!! I just took all my brake assembly’s off my Specialized mountain bike, then cleaned, lubed & adjusted per your video. Was very easy. Please keep uploading videos. Very intuitive. Greatly appreciated. Thanks
I've acquired quite a few Park Tools over the years but never knew about your videos. I've watched 10 or 12 in the last few days and they're excellent! I've been trying for years to get my cantis to work right and never been satisfied..........until I saw your video. Thanks!!!!
Pazzesco! This is just awesome! I did have to go for English video on cantilever cause there were none good in Italian. It is extremely clear and informative, one of the most entertaining and engaging video I've ever seen. I feel like I'd become a bike technician
That rusted tension bolt is driving me crazy. Best canti setup video ever. I do some bike workshops for kids and always ask myself how would Calvin explain it.
I've never built a bike before and now I've decided to do it as a project with money I get from helping out. Without this guy I would have never know how to do this.
I bought a beautiful touring bike used with cantilever brakes. The stopping power was so bad and I have zero experience with them. Your tutorial has changed my bike to a powerful stopper now. Quite literally you may have saved my life, thank you for making this!
I think I can actually do this!! Thanks for taking the time to make such a succinct professional video about something as important as brakes. I live in Seattle and its all hills.
so much work has gone in to making this tutorials. It's a really great resource for people world wide, thank you Park Tools and whoever worked to create all these videos.
Got a free bike from somebody's driveway (had a 'take me home!' sign on it). Inspected all the things, watched this. $12 for new pads, $25 new grips, some WD-40 and 3-in-1, ready to roll! Also, kudos to the camera op who knew when to nudge the focus.
As a school teacher you get an A+ for this outstanding video. Thank you very much for a job well done. I have watched this video 2 times now as I forgot to take notes ; ).
Just want to say thanks for posting this and the other brake repair videos. I just replaced the pads and cables on my old bike and I'd have been completely lost without this.
Agree, best cantilever vid anywhere. Tells you all you need to know in clear, easy to understand steps. Many thanks to the person in vid and Park Tools.
This video is perfect. Exactly what I needed to see before changing by brake cables and pads. I was not sure what to do, this video solved that. My brake job was a success! Thanks!
Thank you for your detailed professional explanation. Cantilever brakes are nearly extinct in Japan where I live. My 1990 MTB needs break adjustments, but I found that it was hard to find a right shop to leave my bike for such adjustments. I'll watch this video many times and try to adjust the brakes by myself.
08mp, 11.50mp: már el is bszta: a gumiba ér a fékpofa. 80$ szerszám + gumik leszerelése (ilyet se láttam még)! Bravo... A 12 éves unokahúgom 10 perc alatt megcsinálja mind a két kereket.
Amazingly detailed video. I am mechanically inclined with cars but I just picked up an old Diamondback mountain bike with the stradle style cantilever and I was lost. This video is going to save me alot of time!
Damned! I've had endless frustration with those levers for years and only now I stumbled upon this video. Followed its steps on the bike and was done in 5 minutes. 😔 Now you have one more subscriber on this channel. 😏
man this was so helpful thank you!! i just got a canti bike the other week and had a few braking issues. this video was a perfect walk through of addressing each issue and now they feel as good as my disk brake systems.
Thank you so much, I was up until 11:40 messing with my brakes. I took them off to tuneup and couldn’t get them back on right. I’m gonna try this tomorrow morning
Thanks a lot for this. It has turned a bunch of guesswork with dubious results, into an easy to follow procedure with great results. Now I need to be careful not to faceplant with this greatly improved brake efficiency…
Excellent. Just wish those assclowns at my LBS had bothered to share this knowledge with me 25 years ago. I believe bike mechanics shouldn't try to hide their knowledge. If they showed you how to do repairs, they could still make a living selling tools and parts. The internet is the great equalizer !
Excellent video my friend! I been struggling with this for awhile now. Out of all these different brakes, which one is the most simple and effective braking system on a bike on your professional opinion? ANY advice is greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks for such an informative video, I am desperately having a question that I can not find the answer anywhere online. I have a bike with smooth stud cantilever brakes pads with shaft diameter of 6mm, when I browse Amazon to buy new pads for my bike they mostly mention 6.75 mm for brake pad shaft diameter, and most brake pads online they do not even mention the shaft diameter. How do you guys choose the right brake pad shaft diameter for your bikes?
I ran into an odd one today its an older Canadian mountain bike it has V brakes calipers but interestingly with a smooth post pad setup like the cantis shown in this video.
What an awesome video thank you! When installing brakes should the centering screw be half way screwed in when starting everything? I have brakes out of sorts and was not sure if I should start by putting centering screw half way in and THEN readjusting cable tensions etc? thanks!
woo hoo! i fixed my breaks...only thing is I don't thing the centering screw works...is that possible? I just manually adjusted the pads with the arms. Great vid:)
Good work! The screws work by pushing on a small piece of the spring. Sometimes the screw slips to the side of the spring and does not give you the adjustment desired. They can be difficult.
The straddle wire should be very close to 90 degrees when the pads contact the rim to make for best mechanical advantage. Strange he doesn't mention that in this video.
This video has good mechanical advantage.
I watch this video every time I work on my bikes. I watch it sometimes when I'm not even working on a bike. Absolutely the most clear and reassuring video that always leads to a perfect install.
*AND good mechanical advantage.
I was going insane adjusting the brakes on a used Cannondale F500 CAD2 I purchased recently at a garage sale for only $35. The bike is in like-new condition, but someone along the line put the rear brakes together wholly wrong. This excellent video showed me exactly how it went together, and in what order to adjust it. After three hours of frustration, got on TH-cam and watched this video and NAILED IT on my first attempt. I should have watched this in the first place. Our son is moving into his dorm for his first year of college tomorrow, and this video saved the day for me. Many thanks...now I can finally load up the bike up and send him to school!
Best cantilever adjustment video on youtube. Period.
Yup
It's all a ploy to sell you more tools
So you get great education free ! You OWE them your business
@@BeyondEcstasyYou don’t need too many tools for this and many people who don’t have them will just buy a set which is perfect for what they need. No need to be so pessimistic 😂
This is the gold standard for how-to videos - perfect camera work and extremely clear, concise explanations! Thanks
This might as well be the best video on the internet. It turned dark magic into a reasonable sequence of steps. mind==blown
Wow, what a perfect instructional video. I spent years to learn this stuff - I wish I had this video 10 years ago! Calvin, you're the Don! And big Kudos to the camera handler.
This is one GREAT video!! I just took all my brake assembly’s off my Specialized mountain bike, then cleaned, lubed & adjusted per your video. Was very easy. Please keep uploading videos. Very intuitive. Greatly appreciated. Thanks
I've acquired quite a few Park Tools over the years but never knew about your videos. I've watched 10 or 12 in the last few days and they're excellent! I've been trying for years to get my cantis to work right and never been satisfied..........until I saw your video. Thanks!!!!
Pazzesco! This is just awesome! I did have to go for English video on cantilever cause there were none good in Italian. It is extremely clear and informative, one of the most entertaining and engaging video I've ever seen. I feel like I'd become a bike technician
i bought an old bike on ebay and i never saw those Cantilever brakes before. Fixing them gave ma a headache until i found this video. Thanks a lot
That rusted tension bolt is driving me crazy. Best canti setup video ever. I do some bike workshops for kids and always ask myself how would Calvin explain it.
I've never built a bike before and now I've decided to do it as a project with money I get from helping out. Without this guy I would have never know how to do this.
Thank you Park Tool- I had watch this video a few times and attempt the adjustment a few times. With some persistence, I was able to perform the fix.
There are a lot of adjustments for these kind of brakes which baffled me until I saw this video. Thanks!
I bought a beautiful touring bike used with cantilever brakes. The stopping power was so bad and I have zero experience with them. Your tutorial has changed my bike to a powerful stopper now. Quite literally you may have saved my life, thank you for making this!
I think I can actually do this!! Thanks for taking the time to make such a succinct professional video about something as important as brakes. I live in Seattle and its all hills.
This is the "Citizen Kane" of cantilever smooth post videos.
Nothing on YT come close to how good you demonstrate.
After recently buying an old MTB for restoration, this vid has come in handy. Been riding discs for too long 😂.
The best bike mechanic's tutorial on TH-cam!!
so much work has gone in to making this tutorials. It's a really great resource for people world wide, thank you Park Tools and whoever worked to create all these videos.
Got a free bike from somebody's driveway (had a 'take me home!' sign on it).
Inspected all the things, watched this.
$12 for new pads, $25 new grips, some WD-40 and 3-in-1, ready to roll!
Also, kudos to the camera op who knew when to nudge the focus.
As a school teacher you get an A+ for this outstanding video. Thank you very much for a job well done. I have watched this video 2 times now as I forgot to take notes ; ).
The Park Tool videos are precise and thorough I learn and improve with each instruction. Thanks guys.
This video demystifies brake adjustments on my bike. Thanks!
Great work. Thanks so much!! Working on an old bike my dad gave me and this answers all questions.
Just want to say thanks for posting this and the other brake repair videos. I just replaced the pads and cables on my old bike and I'd have been completely lost without this.
Agree, best cantilever vid anywhere. Tells you all you need to know in clear, easy to understand steps. Many thanks to the person in vid and Park Tools.
No video as professional, demonstrative, and sophisticated like this one. Thank you so much.
This video is perfect. Exactly what I needed to see before changing by brake cables and pads. I was not sure what to do, this video solved that. My brake job was a success! Thanks!
Thank you for your detailed professional explanation. Cantilever brakes are nearly extinct in Japan where I live. My 1990 MTB needs break adjustments, but I found that it was hard to find a right shop to leave my bike for such adjustments. I'll watch this video many times and try to adjust the brakes by myself.
08mp, 11.50mp: már el is bszta: a gumiba ér a fékpofa. 80$ szerszám + gumik leszerelése (ilyet se láttam még)! Bravo...
A 12 éves unokahúgom 10 perc alatt megcsinálja mind a két kereket.
Got to jump on the thumbs-up crowd on this one; very informative, helpful and simple... all good!
I'm new to DIY bike repair, and this video series is excellent, with exactly the right amount of detail. Thanks!
Thank you for this video! It greatly helped me adjust the cantilever brakes on my old mountain bike.
Was about to give up on my old MTB, but this video made me believe again. Thank you!
Amazingly detailed video. I am mechanically inclined with cars but I just picked up an old Diamondback mountain bike with the stradle style cantilever and I was lost. This video is going to save me alot of time!
No more finer instructions could you get. Thank you Sir. Peace be unto you.
Damned! I've had endless frustration with those levers for years and only now I stumbled upon this video. Followed its steps on the bike and was done in 5 minutes. 😔
Now you have one more subscriber on this channel. 😏
Just saved myself a decent chunk of change...thanks Calvin. You're the best-EST.
Superb. Clear instructions delivered in a very approachable manner.
man this was so helpful thank you!! i just got a canti bike the other week and had a few braking issues. this video was a perfect walk through of addressing each issue and now they feel as good as my disk brake systems.
You are the best, i have a super old bike and it has this old school cantilever breaks. You made my day
The video for which I've waited my whole life. Thank you Calvin. I love you.
Excellent video and I now know how to set up my canti's properly.....what a difference, thanks.
Thank you for explaining, how to adjust the spring tension.
Thank you so much, I was up until 11:40 messing with my brakes. I took them off to tuneup and couldn’t get them back on right. I’m gonna try this tomorrow morning
I just got into bikes and am fixing one now. This is the perfect video !!!!
Thanks a lot for this. It has turned a bunch of guesswork with dubious results, into an easy to follow procedure with great results. Now I need to be careful not to faceplant with this greatly improved brake efficiency…
Thank you very much for your videos, I've learned a lot with them.
This video should be #1 on IMDB
Thanks, Park Tool! Love your instructions and products!
Best cantilever video explanation. Thanks @ParkTool
La meilleur vidéo de réglage Cantilever du web, Merci !!
👍 now able to refurbish a greater range of bikes without converting to linear pull brakes, thanks Park Tool
👍
Very useful in adjusting the canti brakes on my bike. Thanks.
Excellent video. Great explanations of the how and why, and very good camera angles to easily see what is being talked about and being done.
These videos are so helpful. Thank you!
Absolutely the best brake video on TH-cam!
Your videos are always the most informative!!! Thank you guys so much
Great video! I could adjust my bike's cantilever brakes without any problem
Brilliant video Kevin. Definitely going to set mine up properly on my Tourer tomorrow now.
This is actually amazing, thank you so much!
I watch it thoroughly and realized that I was wrong. thank you.
Excellent. Just wish those assclowns at my LBS had bothered to share this knowledge with me 25 years ago. I believe bike mechanics shouldn't try to hide their knowledge. If they showed you how to do repairs, they could still make a living selling tools and parts. The internet is the great equalizer !
Holly Molly that was really helpful great job guys! 👍👍
Really helpful, as are all your videos. Thanks a lot.
Thanks. You did a great job with this.
Great Video. Well explained. Professionally Done 👍🏽
Best service instruction . Super :). THX
Love this video, such a good explanation.
Thank you, great explanation. Just done my old bike.
Excellent video my friend!
I been struggling with this for awhile now.
Out of all these different brakes, which one is the most simple and effective braking system on a bike on your professional opinion?
ANY advice is greatly appreciated!!!
So clear - thank you
I wish your bike all the best.
Great tutorial, thanks man 👍
These videos are awesome!
Wonderful! U solved my problem on my Hoo Koo E Koo. Thanks
amazing explanations, great video! thank you very much
A big BIG help. Thanks
Excellent video !!
Thanks for such an informative video, I am desperately having a question that I can not find the answer anywhere online. I have a bike with smooth stud cantilever brakes pads with shaft diameter of 6mm, when I browse Amazon to buy new pads for my bike they mostly mention 6.75 mm for brake pad shaft diameter, and most brake pads online they do not even mention the shaft diameter. How do you guys choose the right brake pad shaft diameter for your bikes?
Wonderful video. Thank you a lot
Very well explained! Thank you very much :o)
I ran into an odd one today its an older Canadian mountain bike it has V brakes calipers but interestingly with a smooth post pad setup like the cantis shown in this video.
Very good explanation. Thanks !
What is the correct link unit's lenght? How do we measure it? Thanks for the video🎉
Thanks a heap, solved my problems
15:15 Ha! grip shift grips with Shimano rapid-fire levers....continuity skewed like so many brake pads.
What an awesome video thank you! When installing brakes should the centering screw be half way screwed in when starting everything? I have brakes out of sorts and was not sure if I should start by putting centering screw half way in and THEN readjusting cable tensions etc? thanks!
Thank you very much for your precize video.
So that's how the original Deore LX looked like on my old bike. The rest of the groupset still works after 27 years. 😁
Calvin, you da man, thanks !!!
good and simple explain.....
woo hoo! i fixed my breaks...only thing is I don't thing the centering screw works...is that possible? I just manually adjusted the pads with the arms. Great vid:)
Good work! The screws work by pushing on a small piece of the spring. Sometimes the screw slips to the side of the spring and does not give you the adjustment desired. They can be difficult.
Park Tool interesting-thanks!!
Great video thanks.
Great, thanks for the help.
14:33 the flat angle of the horizontal wire makes braking a lot more efficient. I prefer to set up my bikes like that. The wider the better
The straddle wire should be very close to 90 degrees when the pads contact the rim to make for best mechanical advantage. Strange he doesn't mention that in this video.
1000x thank you!👍