Shimano Pro Max Brake System

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Submitted by Daniel A a Weekend Warrior from Kissimmee, Florida, USA

Date Reviewed: September 5, 2007

Strengths:    Good calipers. Easy to adjust. Not bad looking

Weaknesses:    Pads and levers

Bottom Line:

I don't know why so many people complain. These are not $200 Disk brakes.

I changed my Pads to the KoolMax MTB Dual Compound and the AVID SD Ti Levers and I outbreak my buddies bike with his expensive Disk breaks. The calipers are great as far as I'm concerned and do not need an upgrade until they break; once they do I'll be going to disks. For now, with my current setup, they are as good as v-brakes can possibly get. I'm setting the overal rating based on a mixture of my original and new setup. It will take you about $20 to upgrade to the Koolmax pads, that will be more than satisfactory if you are unsatisfied with your stock setup.

I would not buy the ProMax setup if I had to buy it new though.

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Favorite Trail:   Santos

Duration Product Used:   Less than 1 month

Purchased At:   Came with the Bike

Similar Products Used:   Avid Ti, and Koolmax Pads

Bike Setup:   08 Rockhopper

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Submitted by Quen Turman a Weekend Warrior from Norfolk, VA USA

Date Reviewed: February 21, 2006

Strengths:    Good brake for a an easy rider

Weaknesses:    Not good when wet or dirty

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They're not horrid brakes, but I due recomend swapping them out for a better set if you're a heavy braker. I've swapped out the one set I've had on a trail bike. I put them on a commuter bike and haven't had any problems with them.

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Favorite Trail:   Hardwood Mills

Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Purchased At:   Came on bike

Similar Products Used:   Avid SD 2.0 and Avid SD 3.0

Bike Setup:   2004 Trek 4500 and 2006 Trek 4500

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Submitted by WormMan a Weekend Warrior from Canada!

Date Reviewed: April 12, 2003

Strengths:    Awsome stopping power, lock up back even with my kinetics tire! Easily lock the front on a slightly loose sirface, or stick the ass in the air for an awsome brake stand! Never get hot!

Weaknesses:    Squeek under moderate to hard pressure, but only on the front, wont go away
Rubbed the paint off my rims, but thats expected
Sand and mud gets stuck under the pads and makes a constant scraping noise until it all falls out

Bottom Line:

More stopping power than you need for sure, until you get them wet, then you should prey as these brakes will take a good distance to stop you, just as with any v brake(this is where disks are better), the squeel is horrible are there any brakes out there that dont? I am thinking about going for a disk on front, but all the disks seem to squeel too...wtf?
Good stoping power tho! And only need a slight adjustment from where the pads wore last summer!

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Favorite Trail:   Anywhere

Duration Product Used:   6 months

Purchased At:   Came on Bike

Similar Products Used:   Othe v-brakes, old school caliper brakes, coaster brakes(the best no heat no pads no derailer) lol

Bike Setup:   Ironhorse Patrol

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Submitted by Steve a Weekend Warrior from Gulfport, MS

Date Reviewed: February 28, 2002

Strengths:    They stop okay....just okay

Weaknesses:    Noisy, adjusting is a pain, the springs arn't very good at all. One side is always touching the rim.

Bottom Line:

Only with a new bike

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Duration Product Used:   3 months

Purchased At:   Came with bike

Similar Products Used:   Shimano

Bike Setup:   Mountian Bike

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Submitted by Nate a Cross Country Rider from Clarks summit, PA

Date Reviewed: October 31, 2001

Strengths:    Quick Stops

Weaknesses:    the springs are week I think because they do not pop back out all the time and rub the rims

Bottom Line:

There pretty good but I wouldn't recomend buying them unless they come with the bike. I plan on upgrading very soon.

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Duration Product Used:   1 Year

Purchased At:   Came with the Bike

Bike Setup:   Haro, everything but the breaks is Shimano LX, Raceface, RS Judys

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Submitted by Niels Joubert a Weekend Warrior from Stellenbosch, South Africa

Date Reviewed: October 23, 2001

Strengths:    Very good stopping power. Nice design.

Weaknesses:    With the internal springs, my one brake pad still toughes the rim after i released the brakes. It seems to me that the springs does not work very good.

Bottom Line:

These are very good brakes with nice stopping power. It is difficult to adjust the position of the brakes. My internal springs are gone (ok, after 2 years of driving), or that is all that I can think why the brakes now does this. If you pull the brake lever and then release it, the brake releases, but only the one side moves away, the other side is still touching the rim. That is not a real problem, but if the rims are wet, it makes the most horrible sound.

The bottom line is tha this is a good brake, but rather spend a little more. I am now upgrading to the Simano Acera V-brakes, and they are much better for only a little more $$$.

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Duration Product Used:   2 Years

Purchased At:   Came with my bike

Similar Products Used:   Shimano Acera

Bike Setup:   Diamondback Vectra with Shimano Acera Shifters and Shimano Promax brakes. Looking for good shocks.

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Submitted by Sebastian Oh a Cross-Country Rider from Singapore

Date Reviewed: September 11, 1999

Strengths:
Good braking

Weaknesses:
Noisy

Bottom Line:

Very good braking ... great product.

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Favorite Trail:
Bishan Park

Duration Product Used:
3 months

Similar Products Used:
Caliper brakes

Bike Setup:
GT Aggressor , RST Mozo Pro suspension fork

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Submitted by Kai Brinker a Weekend Warrior from Vestal, NY

Date Reviewed: July 14, 1999

Strengths:
Strong
Pulses

Weaknesses:
Strong
Pulses

Bottom Line:

Great, but hard to get used to if your used to old cheap wire brakes. But really safe. Best Example: I was going down my street, and I reached 42.8 MPH. This car under estimates me (as usual) and I needed to do a deer avodence thing. I pulsed the brake (or it pulsed its self), skided a bit, did a 75 degree left turn, avoided the car. These are really good brakes.

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Favorite Trail:
Vestal Highlands Trail

Duration Product Used:
3 months

Similar Products Used:
Cheap old Shimano brakes

Bike Setup:
See 1999 Sorrento SE listing.

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