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10-21-24 | 12:12 PM

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Steve B.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jughed

Costs per the video- new pads, rotors and a brake bleed every year.

I'm at 15k miles and 3 years on one of my bikes - professionally maintained, and have done none of the above.

This winter I will replace these parts just because they have 15k miles on them.

So that point of the video is variable and is assuming worst case situations.

You don’t need a brake bleed every year. You bleed when you start getting mushiness. My Speciallized with SLX is easily 5 years without doing anything, they work fine.