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Submitted by
Anders
from Sweden
Date Reviewed: 11/15/2000 5:13:31 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Vätlefjällsleden |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Purchased At: | Sportson |
| Strengths: | I don't know. They will make you go faster down the hill. |
| Weaknesses: | They came with my bike. They don't work in wet or dry condition. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano STX RC |
| Bike Setup: | Specialized FSR enduro -99 |
| Bottom Line: | No one shuld use these brakes. I don't know the price but i do know that it is more then 1$ witch is a fair price. |
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Submitted by
Ed
a Weekend Warrior
from Lakewood
Date Reviewed: 4/18/2000 4:03:30 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Weaknesses: | Braking, pad longevity. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Avid Arch Rival 50 |
| Bike Setup: | 98 Rockhopper A1 Comp FS |
| Bottom Line: | I agree: these brakes suck. They came stock with my girlfriend's Rockhopper. I was really surprised at (1) how hard they were to set up properly and (2) how little confidence one had using them. On downhills with loose dirt it's difficult to get proper "feel" on the brakes. (Mostly, it's not enough braking.) I'm taking them off right now... |
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Submitted by
Yo Yo
a Weekend Warrior
from Montréal
Date Reviewed: 4/1/2000 12:20:56 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Bromont |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | With those brakes, you will get to the chairlift faster |
| Weaknesses: | doesnt brake |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano |
| Bike Setup: | Rock Hopper FS COMP A1 |
| Bottom Line: | Specialized must got them for free ! Remove does brakes from your bike as fast as you can ! |
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Submitted by
Quint
a Weekend Warrior
from Waco, Tx
Date Reviewed: 1/24/2000 4:18:25 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Cameron Park - Waco |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Stop sometimes on level ground. |
| Weaknesses: | Will not stop going down a hill!! Scared the hell out of me. Have difficulty adjusting also. |
| Bike Setup: | '99 FSR |
| Bottom Line: | I replaced the stock pads with Kool Stop's, but they're still lousy. Specialized should have done better outfitting the FSR with these. Will replace with Avid Arch Rival 50's very soon. |
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Submitted by
THOMPSON
a Cross-Country Rider
from SYDNEY
Date Reviewed: 9/20/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | 6 FOOT TRACK |
| Duration Product Used: | less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | CHEAP |
| Weaknesses: |
DONT WORK PADS DONT GRIP STUFF RIMS |
| Similar Products Tried: |
AVID SD 25 LX XT |
| Bike Setup: | 1999 FSR |
| Bottom Line: | DONT BY THESE THEY SUCK. THEY CAME ON MY FSR ON MY FIRST RIDE I WENT ON THEY WHERE DIGGING INTO THE RIMS. FRONT DOESNT GRIP AT ALL. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS STUFFED AND BAD LUCK. IAM GOING TO CHANGE THE PADS TO SEE IF THIS STOPS THE RMS GETTING STUFFED. IAM GOING TO SAVE UP AND BYE SOME BRAKES THAT WORK. |
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Submitted by
Scott W
a Weekend Warrior
from Silicon Valley, CA
Date Reviewed: 7/9/1999 |
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| Duration Product Used: | less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Inexpensive |
| Weaknesses: | Can't get them to adjust, no matter what |
| Similar Products Tried: | Higher-end Shimano V's |
| Bike Setup: | Doesn't matter |
| Bottom Line: | I thought these would be cool for a commute bike I'me building - no real performance needed, such as downhill and even decent cross-country would demand. Man, I couldn't get these things to stay adjusted! I tried for hours over several days, and they just don't work. I finally pulled them them off, and am replacing with Shimano XT V's. You pay the bucks, you get the performance, I guess. And I thought Dia-Compe has (had) a great reputation for brakes. I'd give them no flaming rats if I could, 'cause a product that doesn't perform as ''ts engineered to do is the worst. |
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Submitted by
vinnie
a Cross-Country Rider
from da north shore
Date Reviewed: 6/28/1999 |
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| FavoriteTrail: | pipeline |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | cheap, not that hard to set up |
| Weaknesses: | crappy pads |
| Similar Products Tried: | old canti's |
| Bike Setup: | Rockhopper A1 FS Comp |
| Bottom Line: | Although it seems others have had problems setting these suckers up, I haven't experienced any problems with rim-rub, I guess ya just have to know how to set 'em up. The pads do blow however and I strongly suggest swithching to Kool Stops. I'll give 'em three spicy poo's cause I know they're low-end and have crappy pads, other than that they stop fine. The levers are fine, but I think most of the techno twits who spend so much time talkin about modulation etc. couldn't tell the difference anyways, so I'm sure those guy's (and grrls) wouldn't agree with me anyway. |
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Submitted by
PETER
a Weekend Warrior
from READING,BERKSHIRE
Date Reviewed: 5/31/1999 |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Strengths: | none which spring to mined |
| Weaknesses: | one side will not pull back off the rim and so you get constant Rim Rub |
| Bike Setup: | came on my Rockhopper A1 Comp FS |
| Bottom Line: | I have spent many a long hour trying to set them up so both blocks pull back off the rims ,but as yet have not been successful.These brakes may be inexpensive but thit do's not mean thay should be excluded from working.Also I have Avid AD 1.0L lever and so do not know if these contribute to the fact that on long steepish decents you need arms like GARTH to stop yourself from going supersonic. |
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