The Jet9 is back in working order now.

Following the Fool’s Gold brake destruction, I took the Avid brakes off of it to use on my One9. After much unsuccessful cleaning/bleeding, I finally sent the Formula R1s off to Formula for service. They have a quick turnaround, and the tech I talked to was very nice. They replaced the diaphragms inside both brake bodies (they’d apparently imploded when the pads wore through to the backing and the pistons extended too far), a piston, and cleaned the grit out from behind the pistons. All done at no cost to me other than shipping. Thanks!

Though they did take a fair amount of bleeding (lots of air trapped in the calipers), and a little cussing and shimming to get centered/not rubbing, they are now back on the Jet… though I might swap them back over to the One9 since I find them irresistibly sexy in both looks and feel (also part of why I call them the “high maintenance boyfriend” of hydraulic brakes).

Ryan and I are heading to Syllamo this weekend, but I’m going to leave the Jet at home for now. It’s all shiny and clean, and therefore looks really nice in my living room.