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Submitted by
dave not sure
a Weekend Warrior
from north uk
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | all of them | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | smooth, red, strong | | Weaknesses: | setup (probably why they get slated) | | Similar Products Used: | avid cables | | Bike Setup: | custom made frame, lx and fsa, dmr chain guide, kore bars and stem, jnr t's | | Bottom Line: | this thing are great once you get them setup i changed the pads to fibrex pads when i got them shimed the brake to get tracking correct and then fiddled till they felt right. use them for every type of riding from xc (not really the right bike for it but hay) to trails (still not the right bike) via down hill and junp. these brakes have never let me down theve done well over 3000 miles and have only changed the pads 3 times i see that as great.
learn to set them and they will rock.
oh and get some decent levers with good modulation (avids work well) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane Australia
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Ironbark Gully | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Looks good, sorta stops you - just | | Weaknesses: | Really weak, you have to jump on the levers to get them to work. Pads are expensive compared to much better shimano's | | Similar Products Used: | Other cheap discs and some decent V-Brakes | | Bike Setup: | Avanti Montari Disc, RST 381TL Shocks, Mavic rims 220 front, 321 back, wellgo clipless pedals, gripshifts, acera groupset, those weak rst dics, tektro levers | | Bottom Line: | You can live with the, if they came with the bike but don't buy them, and they look really cool, much an envious glance from other riders. The strength of the brakes can be improved by changing the modulation on your levers from v/disc to cantilever, this can be a little dangerous if your brakes work half decently, they have a habit of locking up especially the front... | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Khalil Hassan
a Weekend Warrior
from Pierrefonds
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | urban | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | maison des sports | | Strengths: | they look nice from far, if you dont know anything about disc brakes | | Weaknesses: | they brake very badly, theyre ugly, theyre f****** pieces oh $|-| | T!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | hayes hfx9, grimeca system 8, deore xt,deore... | | Bike Setup: | friends bike | | Bottom Line: | holy SHIZZNIT! those have to be the worst disc brakes ever i cant believe how bad they are! They dont even brake at all, they look REALLY ugly, they have such bad modulation, wait they dont brake at all so technically there isnt any moduation. they feel so mushy, like im pressing them into rubber, must be the plastic pads! they feel like someone put tons of oil on the disc, like they really dont brake AT ALL, i find it amazing how $*|-|*|*T*T*Y they are. why the f*** does rst make those "disc brakes" anyways? i think they are trying to cause accidents or something, because they dont brake AT ALL. NO ONE SHOULD BUY IT, EVERYONE SHOULDN'T | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jason
a
from Courtice Ontario
Date Reviewed: February 18, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | What I finds, I rides | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | Sport Exchange | | Strengths: | red | | Weaknesses: | RST, This is the worst brake I've ever used. I would suggest also buying a sturdy pair of shoes with a nice sticky sole because that's what you're going to use to come to a stop. | | Similar Products Used: | Ever seen the flintstones | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX 860, 2001 | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy these pieces of crap. You'll regret it for a long long time. If you already have these, see how many times you can drop them off a cliff before they break into 12 peice. It's fun | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
rohan .
a Weekend Warrior
from new zealand
Date Reviewed: November 12, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | sure they are crap for discs but are better than any v on the market | | Weaknesses: | mine tend to lock on sometimes during heavy braking. | | Similar Products Used: | lots used but none owned | | Bike Setup: | db hardtail wi mavic 521 and222 and odyssey A-brakes rear | | Bottom Line: | better than v brakes but more expensive i think.
If you do decide to go the v brake way get Odyssey A-brakes
they are VERY stiff and controllable(for v's) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mundi
a Cross Country Rider
from Tauranga , New Zealand
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Rotorua | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | came witht the bike | | Strengths: | it has a solid caliper construction | | Weaknesses: | The fact that people are trying to pass this off as a brake. It does nothing of the sort, it is absolutely useless, it should have a warning saying ,"this only intended to LOOK like a disc brake,it serves no actual purpose". | | Similar Products Used: | Avid mechs, xt, lx v's | | Bike Setup: | avanti barracuda,rockshox judy XC's, deore groupset and those damn rst peices'o'crap | | Bottom Line: | never ever should anyone be subjected to the tauma of having to use these so called 'brakes'
they dont work and i only give them one flamin chilly cos you gotta hand it to rst its a killa scam , passing hunks of metal off as brakes and makin money outta them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Janriê Reck
a Cross Country Rider
from Brazil
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Candelária city | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Faccin bicicletas | | Strengths: | Look´s like a disc brake. When the bike is stopped at home, it seens very fast... | | Weaknesses: | Like others said, it´s suposed to be a brake. That´s the last thing this damm thing do! | | Similar Products Used: | Only V´s. I gave my used XT v´s to the shop to get a discount and now I want my brakes and money back | | Bike Setup: | Scott fx 3. Deore components. Duke up front | | Bottom Line: | If I have read this msgs before, I do not have done the shi* I done. Bike parts costs a lot here in Brasil, and I spend my little money in this damm poor thing. It´s simple: they don´t work. And, on the first hour of servicing, the adjusting screw went off when I was tightening the nut bolt.
I´m on the 4 day of brake and I gave up. Trying to get my money back.
YOU, NEVER BUY ONE OF THESE, I AM WARNING YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robo Slosar
a Weekend Warrior
from Bratislava
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Pezinska baba | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1000000.00 | | Strengths: | Looks like a disc brake | | Weaknesses: | It is not the disc brake, very poor stopping power, when wet absolute none stopping power. Hard to adjust. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT disc | | Bottom Line: | It's total bull $hit. No braking power in downhills. My old cantilever brakes which cost 2$ are much better than this piece of $hit. When I replaced pads it worked better but now I couldn't stop when I've been jumping near to road and a car went there (I'm lucky man, the car had hydraulic disc brakes!!!). If you want to die, buy it!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a
from Peaslake, surrey, england
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Um...They are red which looks kinnda pimpy. | | Weaknesses: | Less power than a wet cantilever | | Similar Products Used: | hope O2. Hayes, XT, Avid cable discs, HS33 | | Bike Setup: | Viper B52, Z1 Wedge, D521s etc | | Bottom Line: | When i first got this brake, I noticed how heavy it was out of the box, and this was only the 160mm version. They only took one ride to bed in, but it took me a while to realise this as the power is appaling! On downhills they fade away to nothing, althoughI dabble in trials and, once locked, they stay locked. On downhills. though, this can mean that on loose surfaces the front wheel locks and slides out.
Modulation isnt exactl enspiring. If you must have cable ops go for the avids, but get Hope O2s if you can. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mister T.
a
from Canada
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Strengths??? | | Weaknesses: | They suck more than Sram 5.0 vee-type brakes that aren't even set up right with the pads revers... | | Similar Products Used: | none, this is too bad to compare... | | Bottom Line: | I read a review almost at the bottom and i quote "these rst are just as good as the new mechanical Avid..." WHERE YOU ON DRUGS WHEN YOU TRIED THEM??? Honestly the only mechanical disc brake you can compare the Avid is to the hayes mechanical. Which both are 100 times better than RST's. Damn RST and their spiral caliper suck, they can't even make the rear end go up...
But i LOVE RST disc for 1 reason and 1 reason only, it was only after i tried RST i realised how good Hayes Mechanical are... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Leon R
a Weekend Warrior
from Kent, Rochester UK
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Bike Trials rider | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Shop sum where oh yeh cycle shop smart | | Strengths: | They r a well good looking colour, They r good in the wet, they r powerful wen they set up good, they dont rub and have no drag. Decent quality build. | | Weaknesses: | They are on the little heavy side but i only use it on the rear of my bike so not too bad. | | Similar Products Used: | formula hydrualic disc brake | | Bike Setup: | V brake front for light weight, trials frame, strong wheels etc trials stuff. | | Bottom Line: | Good quality component well worth the money, good stopping power and i use it for trials on the rear of my bike!
Work well wen combined with a hope xc hub which i have with the rst disc. Keep the cable well greased and u could b fooled to thinking it was a hydrualic brake! They r well worth it and not too good on the front as bit on the heavy side but go for one on the rear and they r well good!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Yates
a Cross Country Rider
from Staffordshire UK
Date Reviewed: June 23, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Dimingsdale | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Do not need new brake levers good when you have combined gear / brake levers. Disc brakes stop rim wear. | | Weaknesses: | Orginal RST pads. Change to EBC pads. Modify handlebar brake levers for more pull. | | Similar Products Used: | Rim brakes only. | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Durango Sport SX | | Bottom Line: | Great when setup, RST pads (green best, red high wear rate) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
DD
a Cross Country Rider
from Leominster, MA USA
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | state forest | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Super | | Strengths: | Strengths? Hmm..They're painted fire engine red so people can see you coming and get out of the way? Or how about, "they look like disc brakes, and they sure look cool".. | | Weaknesses: | They don't brake the bike. Considering that these are
supposed to be BRAKES, I'd say that's a weakness, you think? | | Similar Products Used: | No other disc brakes (yet), just standard tire squeezers
before these | | Bike Setup: | Stock KHS Alite 3000 (brakes came with the bike). I'm very
happy with the rest of the bike.. | | Bottom Line: | These suck, period. I ignored the reviews here for the
first year I rode the bike with these brakes..The brakes
started bad, and got worse. I managed to get them properly adjusted to get rid of the squeel and intermittnt rubbind following the break-in procudures that were in the manual..But once broken in, performance immediately went from "no different than cheap tire squeezers" to marginal to bad to non-existant very quickly.. My wife has an entry level GT bike that came with standard brakes(that aren't even V-breaks), and she can lock her tires up (nice big fat 2.10 Velociraptor rear tire, she can still lock it up), I've never been able to lock mine with these. Heck, I can barely stop the bike with these, at times I've pondered unclipping and dragging my feet to assist them.
Bottom line is that these are dangerous brakes. If you got bought a bike with these, take everyone's advice here and replace them. If your looking at these (even used, since I guess RST is out of business?), don't..Seriously, these are a dangerous component..To paraphrase one of my compadres in another post, "they wouldn't perform any differently if you poured oil on the rotor"..Unfortunately, that's the truth..I gave them some time and benefit of the doubt, and now I agree with the majority of everyone else here..Avoid these like the plague.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Weekend Warrior
from Edison NJ
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | All of Chimney Rock | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | OEM equipment KHS Alite 3000 | | Strengths: | They look like real brakes. | | Weaknesses: | They aren't really brakes at all. | | Similar Products Used: | V-brakes. | | Bike Setup: | Stock KHS Alite 3000 | | Bottom Line: | After riding half a season on these, they are worthless. They worked as well as the cantilevers on my old Diamondback Sorrento Sport, which is what I upgraded from, and had better modulation, that is, until I actually started riding technical trails. They didn't last more than six days of Chimney Rock. Now, I can't even lock up the rear when riding on dirt, no matter how hard I pull! And the pads look fine. My friend rode my bike for a while, and he said he couldn't stop with them UPHILL.
Throw these away, before they endanger your life. I would be surprised if RST didn't have any lawsuits over these brakes. One more weekend for me would have likely been tragic. I was tempted to go hydro, but I'll get Avid based on the excellent reviews.
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Submitted by
AM
a Weekend Warrior
from Cincinnati, OH
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | OEM Part w/KHS Alite 3000 | | Strengths: | You get the bare minimum benefits of a disc brake but definitely at the lowest end of the spectrum. | | Weaknesses: | As with most of the other reviews, these brakes require constant adjustment. At first, I thought my equipment was defective. The rotor did appear slightly warped right out of the box. Regardless, the calipers require fine tuning to avoid rubbing before EVERY ride. Just taking off the wheel seems to throw these brakes out of adjustment. Carry an Allen wrench because you'll need it, often. The front is much worse than the rear, which surprisingly has not required much adjustment. The brakes tend to howl like a large farm animal in heat under heavy use. | | Bike Setup: | Stock '00 KHS Alite 3000 | | Bottom Line: | If you got these as standard equipment, upgrade. If you are considering a disc rake purchase, avoid them like the plague. Since I have never priced them separately, I can't assess their value relative to other products. Overall, they are more trouble than they are worth. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Newcastle Australia
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Fast Single Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | With my Avanti Hurricane Disc | | Strengths: | Icredibly smooth | | Weaknesses: | Silky smooth acually.
No stopping power at all.
Tried cleaning with Metho, Sanding the Pads and Rotor.
LBS could do nothing to improve the silk feel to these brakes.
Replaced under warrenty with a pair of cable Tektro Disc's. Still cheap, much better | | Similar Products Used: | Tektro Discs
Avid Arch Rival V's
Tektro V's
Shimano V's
RSX cappliers | | Bike Setup: | It was on my Avanti Huricane Disc- Acera derailures, Alivio Shifters, mid range bike.
My Sintessi is Full XT | | Bottom Line: | Do go near them.
If you poured oil on them, you wouldn't notice the difference.
There are other cheap disc brakes | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Cruz
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | nisene marks | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | look cool
work ok for flat ground | | Weaknesses: | no stopping power
major heat fade
they keep siezing | | Similar Products Used: | hayes hydros, mech and avids | | Bike Setup: | khs alite 3000 | | Bottom Line: | These brakes suck. They have horrible heat fade whenever you ride down any significant hill. when they get hot they don't work at all and they sieze up. replacement pads are hard to find and the only type they have are worse than the stock pads. These brakes scare the crap out of me. I am getting new brakes as sonn as i have the $$$. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Henderson
a Weekend Warrior
from Bay Area
Date Reviewed: April 2, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint | | Weaknesses: | -Hard to calibrate correctly
-Cable slips from clamp
-Spongy Feel
-Where's the stopping power?
-RST's?
| | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | KHS ST PRO (from Pricepoint.com) | | Bottom Line: | These brakes, in plain words, suck. There is absolutely NO stopping power. They can hardly slow you down on a small descent. On my latest ride, I took a nice spill because I could not slow down enough with these POS brakes. The brake levers were mashed against my grips. Unless you ride around in your garage, these brakes aren't worth a penny.
If you value your life in any kind of downhill situation, whether it be a bunny slope on at a ski resort, buy something that doesnt have RST stamped on it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lau CM
a Cross Country Rider
from Macau, China
Date Reviewed: March 5, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | bike shop | | Strengths: | It's cheap and the rotors look like Hope's | | Weaknesses: | Extremely weak in high-speed(from 10-50 km/h) | | Similar Products Used: | Diatech mechanical discs | | Bike Setup: | Parkpre mountain comp, Manitou Magnum R, LX groupset, RST disc hubs/stainess steel spokes/Mavic 238, Da Bomb finishing kits, Amoeba disc brake adaptor. | | Bottom Line: | I have say nothing of this. If you want to use a stronger Cable discs, Shimano Deore, Formula Activa and Tektro cable discs(Available in Taiwan). When I bought it, I have to re-build of the brake system and use a kind of pad that's less rubber material in it. It was very strong, similar like hydraulic discs but the rotors is going to thin. Anyway, just a good choice for entry-bikers. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jibber Scott
a Downhiller
from Newcastle, England
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Innerlieten | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Better than Nowt!! (just) | | Weaknesses: | Everthing!! The cables are pants and have frayed after 20 minutes riding, the pads don't bite making endo's impossible and the pads appear to keep melting. | | Similar Products Used: | Thankfully nothing comes close to being this bad. | | Bike Setup: | DDG shotter, Z1'S etc | | Bottom Line: | I would suggest keeping well clear of these disks because despite being cheap they come no way near even most bugget v-brakes for performance. It is a mystery to me how they were ever made. Was it designed by chimps? or maybe a 5 year old got board one play time and desided to knock up a proto-type? No wonder RST have gone under. My problem is though that now RST is no more then the parts i need have become impossible to get. If anybody is throwing away a set (like i should be) then a pair of pads and the clampy spherical thing that holds the brake cable in that silver part of the calliper would be appriciated.(God, what a good description, maybe a could have worked for RST!!)
If i could give minus stars then you know i would... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Simon
a
from Trowbridge, UK
Date Reviewed: December 20, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Palletes and trialsy stuff | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | T.T. Cycles (Came with bike) | | Strengths: | It's a Disc brake.
Looks cool.
Comes with a kick ass front/rear hub. | | Weaknesses: | Pads stick after 3 months.
The brake cable bolt on the caliper cuts the cable in half if you tighten it up hard to stop the cable slipping out.
Oh and the cable can slip out of the bolt that holds it on to the caliper. | | Similar Products Used: | Grimeca (Cheap cable), Pro max cable and Textro cable disc's | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Durango SX 15" set up for Trails | | Bottom Line: | Disc can bend if the pads are red hot and this can be really irritating when cycling along normally.
Pads can get really f*ing hot on the smallest hill.
My caliper snapped in two when I tried to break hard to avoid being hit by a car. Thought cable had snapped again, but the caliper decided that it wanted to crack the metal and give. Very puzzled (and slightly frustrated) I returned to the bike shop. I told them my story and that I had been running a V-Brake for 4 months before hand. Rep for RST said that I would get a full replacement on 12/07/01.
I'm still waiting for my replacement...
The formula Hub though really does kick ass! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Cross Country Rider
from Trabuco Canyon, CA
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came on the bike | | Strengths: | They look kinda cool, but keep reading. | | Weaknesses: | Well, for the most part, its not a high quality piece. Mine came on my new bike, and I had a bike mechanic put it all together, including the brake. It was adjusted the best it could be, but there was still no stopping power. Also, from the start, the disk was ever-so-slightly bent, causing it to rub every rotation, which makes an annoying sound and just makes it harder to go up hills. | | Bike Setup: | Ironhorse Desperado 2001 | | Bottom Line: | They might work for some people, but they must be lucky. They don't stop very good, and they rub like crazy right out of the box. I would highly recommend going to a V-brake as soon as you can, which is what I'm doing. For now, I've re-adjusted the pads so they are as far from the disk as possible; its stopped the rubbing, but now I can't stop. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mr. E
a Weekend Warrior
from Manila, Philippines
Date Reviewed: November 21, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Easy to adjust and good braking power. Easy to find replacement parts. Its also not that expensive so its disposable if you ruin it. | | Weaknesses: | After hard downhill riding on a speed course you will smell the pads burning plus the pads will tend to stick. Just flick the brake levers every now and then to eliminate the problem. | | Similar Products Used: | Avid Mechanical Disks, Deore Mechanical Disks | | Bike Setup: | Kona OB Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | You can eliminate the locking or sticking of the brakes by replacing the rubber tube at the bottom of the brake cable with a 3" or 4" return spring. I changed my rear brake pads with EBC Race pads (red color) and have found that it gives better handling. I still have to try it in the speed course if it will burn up like the old pads. Once you eliminate these problems they're pretty good. All you need is a little pinoy abilidad. If you're looking for brakes that will give you value for your money and are easy to service, give these a try. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
badge santos
a Weekend Warrior
from Philippines
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Banaue Ifugao | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Trixx | | Strengths: | good price for a set of disc brakes with hubs. good pads movement. | | Weaknesses: | cable stretch and rusty bolts on the rotor | | Similar Products Used: | none (wala eh) | | Bike Setup: | giant warp DS1, rock shox judy xl at iba pa | | Bottom Line: | good stopping power if tuned perfectly, never clean it with wd40. KAMIKAZE (bili kayo HA) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
konoshox shox
a Downhiller
from alaska
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | white house | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | gets outdoor | | Strengths: | there wear in quite fast.there awesome coz they're 2 opposed pistons and not loose caliper.loose caliper will make ur brake pads wear faster coz there contact .
get these they kick ass | | Weaknesses: | need good adjustment | | Similar Products Used: | xt | | Bike Setup: | gt idrive dh1 | | Bottom Line: | get these brake our you will regret coz these r good brake '
but when you buy pls ask whether they have replacement pads.
change them evry 50 hours of riding
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Submitted by
Marcello Malfanti
a
from Santiago, Chile
Date Reviewed: August 23, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Nido de Cóndores, Farellones | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | San Diego stores | | Strengths: | Price, look | | Weaknesses: | Permanent tuning needed, easy loose braking properties. | | Similar Products Used: | Quad disk brakes......better than RST as far!!! | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose MGX grx 6.5, Acera shifters, f&r Quad disk brakes, Amoeba tee and sttering, LHR 2.3 tires, RST 381 AET fork and DNM shock | | Bottom Line: | Hello everybody | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas, TX
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Stock on KHS Alite 3000 (2000 model) | | Bottom Line: | I'm trying to find replacement pads, but to no avail. Can anyone help. If so, please email me, or post a reply (i'm sure others are having the same problem in finding pads)
I contrast to many other reviews, I have not had any problems with them stoping, locking up, etc. When I first got the bike the front didn't stop worth a damn, but I tweeked them a little and have found no problems other than some squeal.
The #1 problem is finding replacement pads. I have checked with numerous bike shops and on the internet, but again to no avail. I prefer to having to switch to Avid's or Hayes yet, as my better half feels I've spent enough on the bile already. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
lordy god
a Cross Country Rider
from sydney, australia
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | anything that gets your heart racing | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | came with bike, manly cycles | | Strengths: | reliable in hell conditions,great value for your silver | | Weaknesses: | slight cable stretch at first(to be expected though).can be alittle bit noisey when wet | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Rock Mac |
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