Fixing squeaky brakes

Posted by Dr. Yan Lyansky on Sep 25th 2021

Everyone knows how annoying squeaky brakes can become. So how can we fix them??? It turns out to be an easy fix. Loosen the brake pads, with a 5mm allen wrench. Then "toe them in" pushing the front of the pad inwards toward the rim. Then tighten the 5mm allen while keeping pressure on the pads, so they don't move.

Why does this work? It turns out the brakes will always make noise, so the goal is to make it inaudible to the human spectrum. Toeing them in removes the sound for humans. Try it out.