How do you hold hydro calipers open during transporting with wheel off?

[NHAero]

I have to take the front wheel off to get my bikes in my Honda Fit. If the brake lever gets whacked, the pistons can be popped out. What do you put between the pads to prevent this?
When I bought the Hylex brakes they come with a plastic part that does this but I learned that it pops out fairly easily.

[zzy]

You could easily pick up a couple bleedblocks from a friendly bike shop. I agree tho a lever lockout would be a nice feature otherwise.

[nash]

a piece of pizza

[Cicli]

Plastic window shim I found in the junk bin.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Pretty much anything. Fold a piece of cardboard, put it in there and place or piece of tape over it

[giverdada]

back in the 90s dudes used those junk CDs that came free in the mail. norton antivirus? dance mix '99?

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by nash

a piece of pizza

Sausage?

[likebikes]

in reality this is a non issue.

[Bruce K]

The original plastic spacer.

And, it can be an issue. More if it's inside where things can lean up against a lever.

BK

[a4racer]

To use old plastic cards, like expired membership or credit cards cut in half and taped together. This was before cyber security, mind you.

[pdmtong]

you don not need to hold them open. rather, you need to keep the pads from touching in case someone or something moves the brake lever.

something plastic or cardboard will work just fine

[Hank Scorpio]

Go to Barnes and Nobles by the magazine area where everyone is reading but not buying the magazines. Pick up about 20 subscription cards off the floor and use the stack of them as a spacer.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by likebikes

in reality this is a non issue.

I'll tell that to the guy who drove up for our ride, no front wheel, bike fell over, compressed lever, fluid everywhere, bike back in van and he went home..we went for our ride.

[NHAero]

Post of the day, thanks!
I've been jamming a cedar shingle scrap in there, but that can get knocked out when jamming the bike into the car, so I was looking for a better solution without taping something in place.

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

I'll tell that to the guy who drove up for our ride, no front wheel, bike fell over, compressed lever, fluid everywhere, bike back in van and he went home..we went for out ride.

[cmbicycles]

Back a ways when coda came out with their disc brakes, they came with a piece of wood with a hole and a slot on the corners to put a rubber band through after slipping it between the calipers. Not fool proof, but better than nothing, & you could use a long zip tie if it's always going on the same bike to make it more secure.