Hi all,

I’ve got a set of avid codes to bleed and wondering if it’s necessary to spend £35 on an avid bleed kit? Seems steep for a couple of syringes and bottle of fluid – was wondering if anyone had any other solutions?

Cheers

There is a seller on ebay “epic solutions” which do bleed kit for bikes for around £10. Full kit and was really good up until Sunday when I bled my brakes the hose came off the syrunge and I sprayed dot 5.1 all over the garage. So I’d say it’s a good product but let down by the plastic tubing which seems to suffer from the clips and also where it attaches to the syringe.

Thanks Jon – I’ll give that a look now.

Cheers

Have a look here

Cheers Jim – pics aren’t getting thru on work laptop security thing, but I will certainly have a gander at this when I get home!

I bought one of the epic bleed kits from ebay. Fast delivery, clear instructions and worked first time without incident. This from an absolute beginner.

http://www.reddogracing.co.uk/ Do some good kits, pretty much the same as the std avid kits. If you have multiple sets to bleed the avid pro kit is expensive but works soooo much better.

I bought one of the epic bleed kits from ebay. Fast delivery, clear instructions and worked first time without incident.

+1, I’m another satified customer!

Reddogracing kits are perfect for the job!

Thanks for all the replies guys! One more thing – as the brakes are on a bike purhcased 2nd hand I have no idea whether its dot 4 or 5.1 I’ll need and what difference it will make? Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Cheers

doesn’t really make a difference in terms of Dot 4 or 5.1 IMO, also no point getting a bleed kit when all you need is a length of clear rubber tube (got an off cut from local bike shop for free)and a little pot to catch the fluid in – i rekon even a mug would work – if you want to use a syringe Boots sell them for 95p.

Reddogracing dot 5.1 kit ordered. Cheers STW’ers!

The ebay kits are almost identical and come with some better fittings. I have both the avid one and an ebay one. I attach different fittings to it when I bleed my Hayes.

+1 for reddog! 🙂