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Submitted by
Scotty
a Cross Country Rider
from Vancouver
Date Reviewed: 5/23/2001 11:42:42 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Seymour |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Purchased At: | NS Sports Swap |
| Strengths: | Light, good clearance, look great |
| Weaknesses: | not as stiff as others, stock mounting bolts will bend over time |
| Similar Products Tried: | Curve brake booster |
| Bike Setup: | Kona Lava Dome built up for everything from commuting to trials |
| Bottom Line: | I had a Curve on my Z4 and the braking and increased fork stiffness was amazing. I put the Brodie up front and it was not so good. I run it on the rear and it works well. I put on XT brakes and noticed the bolts on the rear were totally bent, maybe because of more flex on the steel frame vs aluminum fork on front. They're good but not the best. |
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Submitted by
Daniel
a Weekend Warrior
from Cold Lake, Alberta
Date Reviewed: 6/23/2000 1:28:41 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | Stiff, light, it's a Brodie, good clearance, mud doesn't get stuck in it. |
| Weaknesses: | Haaaaaaa, heeeeeee. You're kidding right? |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | Brodie Gatorblade, tange cromo frame with diacompe brakes |
| Bottom Line: | Excellent booster. I got it for about twenty bucks without bolts or anything but it was soooo worth it. They are hard to find unless you live in BC but if you can find one, BUY IT. The clearance is great for anybody, especially if you're a freerider from Vancouver who rips through the sticky mud all the time. If you have anything else, replace it with one of these |
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Submitted by
Peter Kaufmann
a Cross Country Rider
from Bludenz,Austria
Date Reviewed: 3/21/2000 3:20:58 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | rattelsnake/innsbruck |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | low weight,suprior stiffness,lots of mud clearenc |
| Weaknesses: | only black available |
| Similar Products Tried: | adp engeniering, shimano booster,aluminium boosters |
| Bike Setup: | brodie sovereigen with manitou sx carbon forks and xtr v-brakes |
| Bottom Line: | thanks to this booster i have no squeling and noisy brakes on the front and better one`s on the rear i like the the optics also,because if you own a steel frame the beefy aluminium boosters are not the real deal. their design let mud flow trough them and keep your tiers free. the only problem by fitting them on shimano v-brakes is that the original spacer is to big, so you have to cut or mill away the edge of the spacer |
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Submitted by
Cheng Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from Brussels
Date Reviewed: 2/27/2000 1:52:49 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | muddy, slopy |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | At 46 grams, this is probably the lightest you can get for a booster. Strong, definitely brakes better on my Cro-moly frame |
| Weaknesses: | A little too expensive but still worths the value. Great clearance on a Zafal fender |
| Similar Products Tried: | Tektro, heavy + flexible |
| Bike Setup: | My bike is a mongrel of shimano (LX and XT) and Sach (Quarz) |
| Bottom Line: | Nothing. Well, you can see the flex still on a cro-moly frame but you cam live with that. |
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Submitted by
Don S
a Weekend Warrior
from Jamul, Ca, USA
Date Reviewed: 2/5/2000 1:33:18 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Cuyamaca |
| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Strengths: | Very lightweight,and very stiff |
| Weaknesses: | None but if I remember, it was more expensive than other products. |
| Similar Products Tried: | None, but checked out a few aluminum ones(too heavy)over the years. |
| Bike Setup: | Have used it on 3 bikes. Latest is Access Ti HT. XT drivetrain, Avid AR 50 brakes,XTR hubs on 517 wheels,USE seatpost |
| Bottom Line: | Controls flex on rear stays very well.Beautiful CNC large cutouts makes it lighter. It is made of magnesium which is lighter and stiffer than aluminum. Anyone who has Vs or other direct pull brakes where the stays flex should try it,to get the mush out of the rear brake. |
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