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MTB BRAKES: Can I keep the bike upright in the garage?

Can placing the bike vertically cause various types of problems? For example bringing air bubbles into the brake system?

Written by

David Finetto

May 8, 2024

Keeping the bike vertically does not cause any type of problem but it is right to be aware of an aspect related to the brakes or, better said, to the air in the brake system. If we apply the brake with the bike vertically, when it is released it will facilitate the passage of air. In short, you create depression, and therefore, when the piston returns, it will certainly draw in air.

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Written by David Finetto

ppgad@pucrs.br I am passionate about everything that has 2 wheels: in my youth I practiced competitive cycling on the road and on the track with good results. At the age of 18 I moved to cross country competing at national/international level as U23. Once I passed Elite, I made the choice to take things easier from the training point of view, and that's how my love for gravity disciplines was born, training as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made my passion my profession by managing 3 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way, everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube 'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').