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long_h_lam
a Weekend Warrior
from London, EnglandDate Reviewed: July 1, 2009
Strengths: Good quality levers, solid one piece design, strong.Weaknesses: Braking power is only adequate, not a huge amount of adjustment, but overall okay for the price.Bottom Line: You gets what you pays for! Average performing brakes, but a good price. Does what it says, but can be improved in a few areas (performance, pad adjustment)
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Purchased At: Original bike equipm
Similar Products Used: Tektro Pro Max
Bike Setup: Giant Boulder 2001
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vance
a Weekend Warrior
from vicDate Reviewed: February 1, 2006
Strengths: cheap, simple, gives solid feel of rim(with proper housing and lever that is) being a trials rider i needed a cheap brake with power to lock up i could trustWeaknesses: none, and not expecting anyBottom Line: buy em, cheap, works, who cares what people say about shimano. if it works it works. with a proper set-up expensive vees loose their appeal.
Favorite Trail: downtown
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At: lbs
Similar Products Used: tekpro crap, shimano, hayes mechs
Bike Setup: px ghost, kniffen fork,eno freewheel,deore cranks, dx32, the regular trialsin set up. brakes dialed her in nice
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Brad Pitt
a Downhiller
from Cali, Valle, ColombiaDate Reviewed: May 6, 2002
Strengths: Nice looks, strong, good stopping powerWeaknesses: pads wear fast, that would be the only oneBottom Line: Good brakes, I get even good stoping power even using only one finger. The frame used to bend, but with the booster, it works just fine, I was thinking of Disc brakes, but frankly these suits me just fine for now
Favorite Trail: Toboganes
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$90.00
Purchased At: Bike depot
Similar Products Used: Shimano Alivio
Bike Setup: Shimano Deore & Deore Lx
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oogy
a Weekend Warrior
from coquitlam BC canadaDate Reviewed: March 22, 2001
Strengths: look nice, strong for about a month.Weaknesses: pads wear out every month and cost a whole lot to replace for v-brakes and the springs that keep them from sticking to your rim wear out really fast.Bottom Line: This product is just plain dumb. it costs $30 a month to replace the brake pads and after using them long enough they stay stuck to your rim. I sugest disk brakes. im getting hayes hydralic.
Favorite Trail: nicoles, gear jammer
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Purchased At: came with bike
Similar Products Used: any v-brake
Bike Setup: 2000 rocky mountain spice w/bash gaurd, Mavic d521 silver rear rim,
FSA the pig DH head set
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Mark
a Cross Country Rider
from Moncton,New BrunswickDate Reviewed: January 12, 2001
Strengths: They look good.Fairly strong.Weaknesses: Crappy linkage. Bearing's come loss quick,Better off buying "XT".Their far better!!!Or try scam or avid for real stopping power.Bottom Line: Stay away from the big "S" brakes.Try avid single digit 25 or sram 9.0.Shimano's linkage becomes worn fast and is not that powerful!!!
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$45.00
Purchased At: Bungay's bicycle shop
Bike Setup: Rocky Mountain,XT/XTR,517's,race face, syncros
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SFA
a Cross Country Rider
from USADate Reviewed: May 31, 2000
Strengths: Powerful, look good,Weaknesses: Pads wear moderately fastBottom Line: These brakes are powerful and very quiet. All these people that complain about poor modulation have flexy frames and forks. With my fork there is top quality modulation, I need a booster for the rear but they are really nice. Parallel push works very good. Just one thing is that the pads are of a somewhat low quality and get worn. I still think they are real nice.
Favorite Trail: bikeshow
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Similar Products Used: alvio, acera, altus, lx cantilever
Bike Setup: Specialized Rockhopper comp fs, manitou sx-d with englunds, lx xt drive
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Ben
a Weekend Warrior
from Douglesville,GA Date Reviewed: June 24, 1999
Strengths:
stops on a dimeWeaknesses:
noneBottom Line: they 're the best
Favorite Trail:
soapcreek
Duration Product Used:
less than 1 month
Similar Products Used:
other lowerforms of shimano
Bike Setup:
99 GT Karakoram
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