I've got a set of Hayes nines on my faith that have worked fine since I bought it in december. The other day, I visited my buddy in Los Gatos and rode a paved bike path around there to try to get him more into riding.
Just shortly after cruising the path I hopped off maybe a 2 foot high mound of dirt. I got about 3 more pedals to catch up to my buddy and went to hit the back brakes when I discovered that I no longer had any. I came to a stop, and quickly inspected the lines (nothing disconnected or damaged) and pumped the lever (still no pressure). My buddy pulls up next to me and askes what's going on, so I pull on the lever again to show him and lo and behold, I have brakes again. I then proceeded to cruise around the rest of the day(about 20 miles and some dirt jumps) no problem. Since then I've done a couple rides, some of them pretty brake abuse intensive and everything works fine. It's been bugging me though since I can't find what caused the problem I don't know if it will ever do it again (ie on lower velocity at mammoth or some other un-oppertune spot).
The bike had not been stored upside down and made the trip to Los Gatos upright on top of my jeep.
Ideas? I don't know too much about hydro brakes.
Just shortly after cruising the path I hopped off maybe a 2 foot high mound of dirt. I got about 3 more pedals to catch up to my buddy and went to hit the back brakes when I discovered that I no longer had any. I came to a stop, and quickly inspected the lines (nothing disconnected or damaged) and pumped the lever (still no pressure). My buddy pulls up next to me and askes what's going on, so I pull on the lever again to show him and lo and behold, I have brakes again. I then proceeded to cruise around the rest of the day(about 20 miles and some dirt jumps) no problem. Since then I've done a couple rides, some of them pretty brake abuse intensive and everything works fine. It's been bugging me though since I can't find what caused the problem I don't know if it will ever do it again (ie on lower velocity at mammoth or some other un-oppertune spot).
The bike had not been stored upside down and made the trip to Los Gatos upright on top of my jeep.
Ideas? I don't know too much about hydro brakes.
