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Park Tool hydraulic brake bleed kits come complete with a third hand to hold the syringe

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Mountain bike, road bike, gravel bike, at this point you can find hydraulic disc brakes just about everywhere. With all of those different bikes, brakes, and brake fluid types comes a need to be prepared to bleed a wide variety of set ups. Rather than having to keep a bunch of different bleed kits in your shop for every brand of brakes, Park Tool is adding two new bleed kit options that will cover a number of different brands. More interestingly, the kits include a tool to keep that rear syringe from dangling off the back of the bike and potentially spilling all over the floor!

Park Tool hydraulic brake bleed kits come complete with a third hand to hold the syringe

The Park bleed kits will be offered in two versions – the BKD-1 and BKM-1. Those stand for Bleed Kit DOT or Bleed Kit Mineral. To help differentiate the two, the DOT syringes will have black handles while the Mineral Oil syringes will be blue.

Park Tool hydraulic brake bleed kits come complete with a third hand to hold the syringe

Included in both the BKD-1 and BKM-1 is a cool little attachable syringe mount. This can be mounted to the seat stays or chainstays, and has an adjustable strap to fit a wide range of frame shapes and sizes. The mount should be very useful in providing a ‘third hand’ to keep the syringe upright, and to keep it from dangling from the bleed fitting if you have to do something at the front of the bike – no more contortionist maneuvers needed to keep the syringe from falling off while working at the lever! Honestly, this seems like a tool that would be worth offering for sale on its own for all the existing bleed kits out there.

Park Tool hydraulic brake bleed kits come complete with a third hand to hold the syringe

The BKM-1 will also include a bleed funnel for use with Shimano brake systems.

Park Tool hydraulic brake bleed kits come complete with a third hand to hold the syringe

Mineral Oil Brakes

The BKM-1 includes machined aluminum fittings to service Shimano, Magura, Clarks, Promax, Tektro, and TRP brakes as well as other mineral oil based systems. Brake fluid is not included, and the kit comes packed in a carrying case for $139.99.

Park Tool hydraulic brake bleed kits come complete with a third hand to hold the syringe

DOT Fluid Brakes

The BKD-1 DOT fluid kit on the other hand will service SRAM, Hayes, Formula, Hope, and other DOT fluid based brake systems. Again, brake fluid is not included, and with the absence of the bleed funnel, the price is a bit lower at $117.95.

Both kits are available now.

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Alex
Alex
4 years ago

Anyone know of some tool I can but to emulate the third hand? I already have an entire bleed kit so don’t need to needlessly spend $100.

adamrice
4 years ago
Reply to  Alex

Something like a Twofish pump carrier would be close.

William
William
4 years ago
Reply to  adamrice

Toe Strap. Works fine.

RightSadFred
RightSadFred
4 years ago
Reply to  Alex

Epoxy 2 big clothes pegs together?

Lyford
Lyford
4 years ago
Reply to  Alex

A small velcro strap and a block with a V-notch on either side might work.

edge
edge
4 years ago
Reply to  Alex

velcro strap around seat saty.

Smokestack
Smokestack
4 years ago
Reply to  Alex

Check amazon for a flashlight holder. Pretty much the same thing.

ed llorca
ed llorca
4 years ago
Reply to  Alex

one in each hand for me. the only use I would have for a third hand is to hold my coffee.

Vincent
4 years ago

I use a rubber band

Spencer Kearney
Spencer Kearney
4 years ago

I’m thinking the price might be better without the case.

Zach
Zach
4 years ago

I like it!

Harold Giddley
Harold Giddley
4 years ago

I use rubberized gear tie,one end around seat rails one end around Syringe. Search Gear tie on google you’ll understand

dieserjunge
dieserjunge
4 years ago

22 USD for a plastic funnel? … seems a bit steep!

Mike
Mike
4 years ago

This is such a rip off. You can get way more complete kits from Hold Fast Cycling that include all the same items, a variety of bleed blocks and rotor correcting tools, and hose barbs and olives all for 1/3 of the cost.

ed llorca
ed llorca
4 years ago

I have one sram system (soon to be two) and 1 magura. Not going to spend $200 for home use. All I need is one pair of syringes (the common type) and I clean them and store them clean every time. recycle them when they are done.

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