How to change the brake pads of a MTB, road bike, gravel, electric or city bike ?
Changing the brake pads of your mountain bike or road bike equipped with disc brakes is a simple operation to perform regularly to maintain an acceptable level of safety.
Each brand has developped its own fixing system and its own assembly.
We will present in this article the most common models.
Changing the Avid X0 MTB brake pads:
Step 1: remove the Avid X0 disc brake caliper:
Step 2: remove the lock washer and the axle:
Step 3: remove the Avid X0 brake pads and the spring: