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Submitted by
bomber
a Cross Country Rider
from Sweden
Date Reviewed: 6/8/2000 9:04:38 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Mandai Secret |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Stiff, superlight, they look cool- all drilled out and stuff, made by Ionoc, decrease flex really well. |
| Weaknesses: | Theyre expensive(?) compared to magura steels, but they weith less than half the steel's weight. It came with my HS33 Frogs, so i didnt have to worry..... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano Carbon Booster |
| Bike Setup: | Wheeler Easton 6061, Raceface/Bontrager/Xt/Lx/Deore/Mavic 517cd and maggie Hs33 Frog l.edition, and a 00 SID Xc.... |
| Bottom Line: | Really good booster. Dont get maggies without them + they look to trick!!! bomber mcm#179 |
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Submitted by
Joshua Pelland
a Weekend Warrior
from Williamsburg MA
Date Reviewed: 6/17/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Power Lines |
| Duration Product Used: | less than 1 month |
| Strengths: |
looks cool light |
| Weaknesses: | don't work as well as steel ones |
| Similar Products Tried: | Magura steel boosters |
| Bike Setup: |
HS-22's with Steel boosters HS-22's with Ionic Alu |
| Bottom Line: | they look nice, and after reading good recommendations from this site, I purchased a set for my friend's new bike. However these things are WEAK! They flex way too much to be called a booster. My steel boosters bring flex down to zero. With these things you still get a bit of flex.This is not to say they don't help, they do. But why buy them when they don't work as good as the cheap steel ones? To save 15 grams? Well, maybe if that's what's more important to you... |
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Submitted by
Jon
a cross-country rider
from State College PA
Date Reviewed: 1/12/1999 |
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| Bottom Line: | I bought one of these because of Magura's recommendation to keep my AMP fork healthy. Before the brace, I noticed a decent amount of flex, which is worrisome on AL components. After installing this, the flex almost disappeared-it's down to 1 mm from 5-6. It looks nice, too. I've since ditched the fork for one of the Manitou SX-R's everyone is closing out now. I tried my maggies without the booster, and decided to install it because of the flex. Nice, lighter than the steel versions, and pretty stylish too. Now i'm trying to decide whether to get one for the rear of my cr-mo hardtail, since it winds up a bit too. |
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Submitted by
celly
a cross-country rider
from Calgary, AB, Canada
Date Reviewed: 10/19/1998 |
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| Bottom Line: | I bought these boosters at the same time as my Magura HS-33's after a strong recommendation from MTBR Magura Gurus Big Dave and Mike T recommended them. They told me they're light and strong, look trick and are cheaper than stock Magura boosters. Who was I to argue with them? I never realized how much more trick they were until I received a free set of Magura boosters at a swagfest and compared the two. Ionics are superior, no question. Thanks BD and MT. You were soooo right.I've never run my Maggies without boosters, but I assume they're doing their thing because those brakes ROCK! ;-) |
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Submitted by
KUJO
a downhiller
from Sun Valley, Idaho
Date Reviewed: 10/10/1998 |
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| Bottom Line: | I had the exacy same problems that Sherman had!! I had to file the hell out of the hole side. I ended up taking off half of the inner hole. I am running IRC Kujo DH 3.35 tires right now, so I had to file the hell out of it. I also fiddled with the setup so much, that I had to replace the washer. It got jammed into the threads, so I had to cut it off with some wire cutters. Other than those two problems, I have no complaints whatsoever. One suggestion, though, is to get the salmon-colored brake pads. If you do all this, you will have your brakes working lik disk brakes!! |
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Submitted by
Sherman
a weekend warrior
from British Columbia, Canada
Date Reviewed: 8/20/1998 |
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| Bottom Line: | I got 2 of these and I like em so far. They are very light and not too expensive. I got only a couple of complaints. I set up my brakes and then tried to put these on and ended up having the 2 hole side of the booster be too far in and rub the tire. I was not going to adjust my whole brake setup just to acomodate the booster so therefore I was stuck. I decided to cut off half of the inner hole for more clearance. It worked fine. Some other people have had problems with this so I know it is not just me. The mounting washer that is included in the pack does not stand up to repeated wrenching on it. I used it while I was adjusting my brakes so I loosened and tightened it a lot and wore down the washer. I ended up replacing it with a more durable washer. You can definately feel the reduced flex when you have em on. They are lighter than the Magura boosters too. |
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Submitted by
Mike T.
a cross-country rider
from Ontario Canada.
Date Reviewed: 8/16/1998 |
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| Bottom Line: | Very nice boosters !! Ionics were recommended to me by Kalo mtb mailorder so I ordered a pair and was very pleased with their hi-tech milled and drilled appearance. Of course, looks mean nothing if the performance is not there but these great boosters do what they promise to do - they stiifen up my Magura brakes and reduce stay and fork flex and they quick release easily. Oh, yes, and they're light too!! |
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