Getting shops to bleed your brakes can be bloody expensive. Some shops charge $70 per end and even when you get the bike back the lever often isn't set up how you like it. And don't even get us started about having to wait up to a month for a service over summer 😅

Solve all of that by bleeding your own brakes. It's pretty easy to pick up and, once you've learned, a full bleed takes about an hour for both ends and costs sod all - just the cost of fluid. You'll also be able to do it when you need to - we've saved a lot of rides by bleeding our brakes at the last minute.

Here's a kit that we've made for bleeding Shimano brakes. We've made sure to select components that are all chemically compatible and will last well. 

If you're looking for a kit that makes bleeding significantly faster and reduces the chance of a mess, consider our premium kits.

All kits include:

• A bleed funnel of your choosing - Plastic or Brass
• A 30mL 2-part syringe. No rubber seal = no swelling so you should get a decent life out of it
• Tubing for attaching the syringe to your brake caliper
• This entire kit is mineral oil compatible so won't swell

The choices you have are:
Bleed funnel type
Plastic bleed funnels are cheaper but the threads on them are easier to damage and tend to have a limited life. Funnels with the brass thread won't get thread wear (unless you really crank it) but are more expensive. 

Road adapter
An adapter to adapt the bleed funnel to the larger diameter bleed fitting of Shimano drop bar brakes - think road/gravel - Shimano 105, Ultegra, GRX and so on. 

SecureLink adapter
The SecureLink adapter (that's what we call it) does the following:

• Guides the hose onto the bleed nipple and reduces the effort required to get it on there
• Makes the connection significantly more secure which reduces the chance of accidentally pulling the tube off the caliper
• Eliminates connecting the hose on an angle which can introduce air when pulling the syringe

Using this adapter made us brave enough to start bleeding brakes without taking the wheel out! Well, with some other minor precautions...

7mm spanner
Required to open the Shimano bleed port to get fluid flowing. Necessary, but a lot of you have them already! 

You will also need:

• Some mineral oil, we offer either 250mL or 1L
• A bleed block

Need spare parts?

If you've got a kit but need to add a part to it, we have a bleed kit spare parts listing here.