SRAM MTB Brakes | How to: Bed-in Disc Brakes on an E-MTB

To bed-in your brakes, go outside.

1. Find an empty flat parking lot.
2. Stay seated with seatpost fully extended. Avoid locking up your rear wheel
3. Accelerate to a moderate speed, then evenly apply the brakes to slow to a walking speed, then release the brakes.
4. Repeat this process 20 times.
5. Accelerate to a fast speed, then evenly apply the brakes to slow to a walking speed, then release the brakes.
6. Repeat this process 10 times.
7. Let the brakes cool before any further riding.

[TKrause]

If you get new rotors do you need to get new brake pads?

[patrikhoracek]

Most important thing is not stopping or locking the brakes. The wheels must always be spinning. This ruins the whole bed-in process.