Video: MTB Brake Bleed Challenge | Can Pros Work On Their Own Bikes?

 yeah, full bleed from the caliper or it doesn't count!

 Yeah, a real bleed challenge would have air inside both sides of the caliper.

 Or a fully dry lever. A total pain in the ass in the Shimano case

 @barp: *On Maguras.. it'd be funny to see how many pro riders wouldn't endorse that brand after attempting to bleed them.

 @Brave1i1toaster: they are easy to bleed once you know how.

 @Brave1i1toaster: i really don't get why many complain about them, it's litterally the same thing as shimano, they just work better

 @half-man-half-scab: just take the bleed port screw out completely and keep your bleed cup filled up. Once the brake is open at both ends any air in the lever or anywhere else will float to the top and out through the bleed cup. Messy but the best way of bleeding any brake.

 @thenotoriousmic: I do this, and it removes air from the caliper, but large pockets remain I the lever. After that it’s a 20 minute lever flick-squeeze marathon

 Literally the only challenge with Maguras is not pushing the caliper pistons back to fast to avoid breaking off the bladder cap. Otherwise they bleed up super easy. I like the fact that you just jam a syringe into the cylinder bleed port and you're ready to go. That trick also works on a Shimano brake, but the fit isn't as nice.

 Having done this myself on shimano brakes it makes me wonder if you have a leak somewhere? Can be so slow as to be not readily apparent, when working properly they shouldn't need bled that often.

 @Huktophlat: Just the usual wandering bite point that plague some Shimano's. No leak they have been like this brand new. They just need a mini bleed to temporarily improve the wandering bite point.

 @powderhoundbrr: you try changing the oil trick for the wandering bite? I can try to find the company that makes the mineral oil that solves it

 @powderhoundbrr: Replace the fluid with something better.

 @JonnyTheWeasel: Whats better than Shimano oil? Is there a better oil that solves this?

 @powderhoundbrr: www.dirtbikebitz.com/en-US/Putoline-HPX-R-25W-1-Litre-Fork-Oil/d57127852.htm?colour=Clear&sku=750300&productid=204487&utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic%20shopping&srsltid=AfAwrE6giM1NBW8D2n6o6vdGF_2ItwE9dNN7GeH64qqpCyTZ308L4HCcGWI this stuff

 @stormracing: This

 @NicolaZesty314: every 5th ride? My brakes seem fine for 50…

 @stormracing: Really? I have never heard of fork oil being used as brake oil. Is that a common fix?

 @minesatusker: Yep. Use it in both sets of mine. No more wandering bite point.

 I use redline like water as I couldn't get the stuff linked above, huge improvement!

 @JonnyTheWeasel: Thanks for the feedback, which (weight?) oil works best?

 @rclugnut: Thanks for the feedback, which (weight?) oil works best?

 @minesatusker: Putoline. 2.5W.

 @minesatusker: www.redlineoil.com/likewater-suspension-fluid

that's the stuff!

 @rclugnut: Awesome and thanks again.

 @JonnyTheWeasel: Awesome and thanks again.

 When I started riding (or at least started paying attention to him) he had his signature Formula brake. Obviously like so many riders at the time, he had to jump on either the SRAM or the Shimano/Fox train. They went with SRAM and they later went with Shimano. Not sure what he was riding before all this on Orange and Haro/Intense. Possibly some Hope in there too? Either way, with Avid and Shimano, he was pretty high profile already and he may not even have got the chance to have to bleed his brake his mechanics were constantly rebuilding his bikes (for testing and racing). Not sure whether it goes like that at that level (especially as he lives in South Africa) but at least compared to us regular punters, his bikes are seeing so many rebuilds that he may rarely have to bleed a brake himself. Or he does service his own brakes, but they secretly aren't Shimano .

 @vinay: I still have 2 sets of his Minnaar edition Formula Unos

 @vinay: He owns a bike shop in SA, so I assume he just has his mechanics do it there.

 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: Oh, that's a funny one then. Why ask online help if you have people in your staff who can already show you how to do it in person. Or, if they're still learning, why not involve them in that video conference when you're being taught by another professional mechanic? As for my latter point, iirc correctly he was taught to overfill the system which I'm not a fan of. Especially not on a customer bike.

 Wandering bite point guaranteed, it's a feature!