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Submitted by
Patrick
a Downhiller
from Kent, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Lake Sawyer Trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | They stop pretty fast and they severed my right index finger! | | Weaknesses: | They squeak sometimes and throw on a 7" disc on the back. | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Specialized BigHit SPEC | | Bottom Line: | Get them their cheap and have great stopping power get a 7" disc for the back and watch those fingers! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
elliott
a Cross Country Rider
from LA CA US
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Strengths: | My first caliper Mx was in 2007 I got them in 2000. I am also 200 lbs and ride 60 to 70 miles of single trax a week | | Weaknesses: | not ajustable | | Bottom Line: | For least amount of Mx and great stopping power they are buy far the best. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a
from Grand Blanc, MI, USA
Date Reviewed: December 10, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Pontiac Lake | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Assenmacher's Cyclery | | Strengths: | Smooth and consistent braking under all conditions. Get used to them very quickly. Good modulation. Except for start-up issues, they were maintenance free and very dependable. | | Weaknesses: | As with all disk brakes, you must put spacers in if you take the wheels off. | | Bike Setup: | These Hayes 9's came standard on my 2008 Trek Fuel Ex 8. | | Bottom Line: | Most of the reviewers seem to either love or hate these brakes. So far, I love them! I've heard great things about the Avid mechanicals, too. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
brad
a Downhiller
from perth, western australia, australia
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | it makes you STOP!!!!!!!!!! just befor you get wraped around a tree. the work great no matter what weater your in i told all my mates now they have them. | | Weaknesses: | as if!!!!!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | none, one of a kind | | Bike Setup: | race line max, michlen wheels, top of the line truvativ crank set. | | Bottom Line: | great, in every way, wet drysnow. they work in every thing!!!!!!!!! no joke | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
joe stabbs
a Cross Country Rider
from harbor springs mi
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything fast | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | touring gear | | Strengths: | Work great for a while. great stopping power when wet | | Weaknesses: | mine had the worst vibrations in them you can possibly imagine. had to replace everything in the rear disc to make the vibration go away. not cheap!!! | | Similar Products Used: | v-brakes and the random avid disc trying someone elses bike. | | Bike Setup: | 2002 gary fisher big sur with some added features but nothing worth trying to brag bout. | | Bottom Line: | when they are working properly they are great brakes. ive had my problems with them and trying to replace some of the components can get pricey. imagine that though in this game. all in all would get again | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
joe stabbs
a Cross Country Rider
from harbor springs mi
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything fast | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | touring gear | | Strengths: | Work great for a while. great stopping power when wet | | Weaknesses: | mine had the worst vibrations in them you can possibly imagine. had to replace everything in the rear disc to make the vibration go away. not cheap!!! | | Similar Products Used: | v-brakes and the random avid disc trying someone elses bike. | | Bike Setup: | 2002 gary fisher big sur with some added features but nothing worth trying to brag bout. | | Bottom Line: | when they are working properly they are great brakes. ive had my problems with them and trying to replace some of the components can get pricey. imagine that though in this game. all in all would get again | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Marquette
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara California
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | RED ROCK | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | given by friend | | Strengths: | Great stopping force | | Weaknesses: | a little heavy for a bmx | | Similar Products Used: | cable disc | | Bike Setup: | Powerlite P61 frame with manitou suspension forks crupi flip flop hub with atom lab disc adapter and a shimano xt front hub. Check out my other review on the P61 frame to see what else i got. | | Bottom Line: | I love having hydraulic brakes on my BMX... Thats right you heard my BMX... I got HYdraulic disc brakes on my BMX. these brakes are the original hayes the first on the market and still work like new. I reccommend them to anybody who asks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Marquette
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara California
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | RED ROCK | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | given by friend | | Strengths: | Great stopping force | | Weaknesses: | a little heavy for a bmx | | Similar Products Used: | cable disc | | Bike Setup: | Powerlite P61 frame with manitou suspension forks crupi flip flop hub with atom lab disc adapter and a shimano xt front hub. Check out my other review on the P61 frame to see what else i got. | | Bottom Line: | I love having hydraulic brakes on my BMX... Thats right you heard my BMX... I got HYdraulic disc brakes on my BMX. these brakes are the original hayes the first on the market and still work like new. I reccommend them to anybody who asks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex
a Downhiller
from Van
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came with second hand bike (which is over 6 years old now) | | Strengths: | I personally like the feel of the Hayes lever. They have felt good before, but very rarely. | | Weaknesses: | They have minds of their own. Every day something new goes wrong with them. One day they'll have great power but act line an on/off switch, the next they'll modulate with the best of them but need to be held a lever length ahead of the bar so you can pull the lever as far as it's pivot (much farther than the bar) will allow before you can lock them, the next day they won't work at all, and the next day they'll do all of the above and more, all at once. | | Similar Products Used: | As in brakes that compete with Hayes, or brakes that performed like the Hayes? I've ridden Avid hydros and mechs many times, every kind of Hayes, Hope Minis, all types of Shimanos, the list goes on, but none of them (except for the other Hayes hydraulics) were as unreliable as the Hayes'. | | Bike Setup: | Old school RM6, E13, Pig headset, new Hayes V8 rotors, Lizard Skins North Shore lockons, Kooka cranks, Kinetic tires, all else stock. | | Bottom Line: | Hayes hydraulics usually feel great when they're newly bled, but things start to disintegrate from there. That's all there is to it. I don't know if they've fixed any of those problems sinse 2000, but it doesn't look like it. Hayes would be awesome if only they performed like they do when they're brand new, barely used and freshly bled, and stayed that way. Obviously they don't. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rodney
a Weekend Warrior
from Morhead, Kentucky, USA
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Sheltowee Trace | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came on my Giant Yukon | | Strengths: | Great Stopping Power. I was coming down a paved road from the top of the App. Mountains to the bottom of a valley. I was seeing how fast I could get my bike going. I just got the Yukon a few months ago. Once I got near the bottom I noticed the gate was closed. They stopped me. These brakes probably saved my life when V brakes would have melted. My disc is now a different color because it got so hot, but hey I'm still here. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Haven't tried other disc brakes | | Bike Setup: | 06' Giant Yukon | | Bottom Line: | These brakes will stop you and everyone needs control. They give me confidence while riding, and they're very easy to adjust. I would recommend these. 5 chillies for saving my skin | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
al
a
from dallas
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | quiet
modulation
easy setup | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | demo'ed a few hyd and cable systems | | Bike Setup: | mongoose wing super | | Bottom Line: | inexpensive, real, simple, hydraulic brakes. Awesome modulation, not 1-digit power but more than adequate. i'd give up a bit of power for crontol any day, and these are dailed-in as far as i'm concerned. no rubbing/squeaking, no judders or racket when braking. consistant. awesome for stock equipment on a $600 bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Downhiller
from Wheat Ridge, CO
Date Reviewed: October 21, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | LPS to Porcupine rim Shuttle | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Weaknesses: | Need constant adjustment
| | Bottom Line: | These brakes are not ready to ride straight out of the box. In order to get even satisfactory performance out of them you will have to cycle the pistons in and out several times to keep them from sticking. Many of them I've worked with also come straight from the factory needing bled before ever being ridden. I eventually took the hayes off my CC bike and replaced them with Maguras because I got tired of having to adjust them after every ride, and usually at least once during the ride to keep them from rubbing. I haven't worked with the El Caminos yet, so I can't say anything about them, but I will never buy a set of any other new hayes brakes. The only reason they're still more popular than Hope or Magura is because most bike companies are still including hayes in their groupo's. If you are specing your own bike, I would highly recommend going with anything other than hayes. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ming Lee
a Weekend Warrior
from HK
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | TMS | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Second Hand | | Strengths: | - Great stopping Power
- Brake pads last relatively long time
- Not noisy
| | Weaknesses: | - Broke the brake hose twice, came off both times at the lever. Granted I did crash both times but they pulled out.
- Whenver something needs to be replaced or it's relatively expensive to do so
- Caliper seized
- Once you get rubbing of disc it's hard to eliminate | | Similar Products Used: | None, first hydraulics used on my freeride bike. I use Avid mechanicals on my XC bike which is 99% trouble free and completely user serviceable. | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Joker SL, Hayes Mag | | Bottom Line: | I love the power of Hydraulic brakes and Hayes has fantastic modulation and power. It's taken me awhile to switch to hydraulic brakes because I was leary of maintaining the fluid system myself. I believe for the most part hyraulic systems are a pain in the ass and not completely reliable after accidents etc.. After using them for 1 year I was completely right!
However the alternative is to use Mechanical discs which are fantastic for XC but for downhill, freeriding not a good option, Hydraulics are the way to go for sheer stopping power. I've lost 2 hoses during rides and it's not fun having only 1 brake functioning. Recently I had my front caliper Seize so had to replace with lower model Hayes Nine brake, I figure their both as good but the nine is significantly cheaper.
haven't tried any other Hydra Brake systems but I'd be open to suggestions. Summary, wish there was a relatively bomb proof brake system in the market, hate broken hoses and replacing calipers that seize, but then again can be hard on these components since I live in a hilly country.
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Submitted by
j west
a Cross Country Rider
from edmonton, alberta, canada
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | moab slickrock | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Purchased At: | rented at poison spider bicycles | | Strengths: | Very responsive. I was sad to have to use my tektro v's when I got back home. Excellent for the slickrock trail. They still worked after I drove the bike into a sandpit nose-first. | | Weaknesses: | None that I could detect. | | Similar Products Used: | tectro v-brakes | | Bike Setup: | I rented a 2005 kona kikapu with mx comp front, fox float rp3 rear, deore lx front, xt rear, hayes nine and sunrims. | | Bottom Line: | Hayes nine are excellent brakes (for xc, at least). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim Finch
a Cross Country Rider
from Philly, PA USA
Date Reviewed: July 12, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | reputation | | Weaknesses: | Completely unreliable. I just got a brand new Santa Cruz with Hayes hydraulics. 20 minutes into my first ride, the front brake seized up completely, endoed the bike and threw me into the woods. | | Bottom Line: | What a rip-off. Right out of the box and they totally malfunctioned! There are pieces of metal falling out of the brake assembly. I went out of my way and over my budget to get these brakes and I am utterly disappointed. The brake is shot and I can't ride for weeks. I could have spent a lot less and not had this problem. Buy Avids, or better yet, use your foot to stop the bike -- it is a lot safer and cheaper. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam Novatt
a Downhiller
from Santa Barbara california
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | velopro santa barbara | | Bike Setup: | coiler deluxe 04 | | Bottom Line: | get this brake the best power for the best buy plus every bike shope you find will have parts to repair them | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dejan
a Cross Country Rider
from yugosalvia
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | dubasnica | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | local dealer | | Strengths: | excelent stoping power,flip-flop lever design,long lever,easy replacable pads,easy to bleed(if you carefully read online manual),detailed manuals for every part | | Weaknesses: | very hard to find parts in eastern europe | | Similar Products Used: | brm430,xt v-brake,formula evoluzione hydraulics,deore hydraulics | | Bike Setup: | front 180mm, rear160mm,xt parts,pilot fork | | Bottom Line: | they are best brakes I ever tried,it is very good that they use easy available DOT3 & DOT4 brake fluids! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jimmy smith
a Weekend Warrior
from kansas city ,kansas,usa
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | jack hole | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$245.00 | | Purchased At: | adrenalinebikes | | Strengths: | all | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | hope | | Bike Setup: | trail bike | | Bottom Line: | great product............but trying to work with ADRENALINEBIKES was the worst experince i hade to deal with it took over 2.5 weeks to get the product in after goin round and round with them telling me they shiped it out 3 times..... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam Ryerson
a Weekend Warrior
from Concord,CA
Date Reviewed: May 16, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Lime Ridge Trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Encnia Bicycle | | Strengths: | Excellent stopping power. Rode a non stop downhill run down my local Mt. Diablo, 3800 feet total from summit to bottom. No fade, no problems but stock hayes pads are not the best. Koolstop pads are by far a better pad for these brakes. | | Weaknesses: | With stock pads, getting the brakes muddy or wet they vibrate and howell like a mad dog. | | Similar Products Used: | v-brakes | | Bike Setup: | Heckler x-disk | | Bottom Line: | Well worth the money. Need to keep them clean, free of mud and dirt and they will never let you down. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ev
a Cross Country Rider
from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Great stopping. Easy adjustments. Good value. | | Weaknesses: | Sometimes gets squeaky. Brake fluid drains easy, when bike is upside down (when working on it). | | Similar Products Used: | v-brakes (they suck!!!) | | Bike Setup: | 2003 giant nrs 3 w/ disc brakes | | Bottom Line: | These are great value brakes. They work fine, just a few little inconveniences. I took the brakes into a bike store and they told me that the brake fluid was leaking out every time I put it upside down, so I guess thats a good excuse for me to finally get a bike stand. They get squeaky every once and awhile and need a bit more maintenence than most brakes, but still not a huge difference. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Cross Country Rider
from Australia
Date Reviewed: March 29, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bell Bird Dell + Moto Course | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Well what can i say...these discs are awesome. Since they are the first pair of discs i have ever used...they seem to kill the good old rim brake. | | Weaknesses: | When i first got them with my new bike, they were squeaking quite a bit but eventually went away. At the moment i'm having difficulties with them :( | | Similar Products Used: | I really want to try Avid. But i don't have the money. | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Giant Yukon (stock) | | Bottom Line: | Hayes are good discs and work well, i want to know how to make them better, because at the moment they seem to be loosing thier stoping power and start to squeak again every time i brake. The rear is the one that is troubling me quite a bit. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Weekend Warrior
from Petaluma, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | Annadel | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | Can stop on anything, at any time anywhere, just pull the levers and lean back. Damn does this look bad ass! my cars brakes are only and 1" larger and it weighs 3000+ lbs!!! | | Weaknesses: | I have 9"s so they are loud, cleaning in Simple Green is bad an coats em in crud so a few hard pulls is neccesary to "clean " em off, they do rub a little I guess the brake is just so big it warps a bit if you look at it wrong. Well the first time I rode em I flipped over the bars and made an ass of myslf. | | Similar Products Used: | These are my first discs. | | Bike Setup: | Mostly stock '04 Marin Rocky Ridge (spd pedalsm, and Avid Roll-A-Majig). | | Bottom Line: | Would reccomend, based on albeit limited experience, I have been very happy once I learned to respect their power. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stu
a
from San Diego, Ca, USA
Date Reviewed: March 12, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$175.00 | | Purchased At: | Mail order | | Strengths: | It stops sometimes. The front stops wellnot so in the rearThis is the Hayes comp which I thought I got a deal on NOT! | | Weaknesses: | Drag Drag Drag. I should carry rocks The brakes rub constantly. At least carring rocks wouldn't cause friction | | Similar Products Used: | V brakes Discs do stop better than v brakes | | Bike Setup: | X country Santa Cruz Superlite XT | | Bottom Line: | Buy something else I have messed with the rotor adjusted and readjusted taken it to the should to be told that I need to put some miles on and the rubbing will go away. HOW MANY! So far I have probably put 100+ miles on and they still rub. I have even purposely tried to drag the brake and then readjust. Next time I'll jusst carry rocks and use better brakes | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Philip Halpern
a Cross Country Rider
from Berkeley, CA
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | n/a | | Strengths: | Collosal stopping power | | Weaknesses: | Pads stopped fully retracting after about three months of frequent, dusty riding. | | Bottom Line: | Hayes customer service was great. Two LBS's couldn't fix the problem; they suggested I send the brakes to "Quality" to have them overhauled. Seeking a cheaper alternative, I called Hayes to see if they'd do the work for free. They agreed and a week later I received an entirely new set of brakes(!) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Waster
a Weekend Warrior
from Newyork
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Strengths: | very strong, durability | | Weaknesses: | hard setting | | Similar Products Used: | avid | | Bike Setup: | giant xcx with xtr | | Bottom Line: | The best disc brake that i ever used, it is very strong. easy to maintenance and valuable. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christian Heath
a Cross Country Rider
from Melrose
Date Reviewed: December 27, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | The one I am riding on at the time | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | On my bike | | Strengths: | Simplicity, stops ya... | | Weaknesses: | Not much room for adjustments, but who really has time to fix every noise. I prefer to ride... | | Similar Products Used: | Hope, Grimeca, Avid | | Bike Setup: | Azonic Dsi, LX-XTR, Wtb wheelset to 2.25 Hutch DH, First generation Duke SL, rock shok post... | | Bottom Line: | The brakeset works. It came on my Schwinn Moab disc SL Proved to be more of a brake than that bike could handle, that flexy cross country frame never needed these 6" hydro hayes, and the frame was Disc specific... All in all very satisfied with the Pair, if ya ding a rotor then go real fast down a long downhill heat that rotor up she'll stop squealing like a banshie... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jed
a Racer
from Takoma Park Maryland
Date Reviewed: December 12, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Great stopping power, great modulation, easy setup, require little to no maintenance. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Shmano XT, Magura, Coda | | Bike Setup: | Have them on both of my bikes, a Phil Wood KISS-Off single speed and a Trek Fuel 100. | | Bottom Line: | The best disc brakes money can buy, I think. I have 2 sets of what are now called the HFX Mags, one is 5-6 years old and the other is 3. I have done very little in the way of maintenance except replace pads once a season or so. If you break something, or wear it out, parts are easily available. Everything can be rebuilt.
There are lighter brakes out there for XC, but none seem ot be as reliable or maintenance-free as these. Well worth the money.
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Submitted by
Robbie G
a Downhiller
from Canada
Date Reviewed: December 11, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tin pin shan | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | HKG | | Strengths: | Stopping power, looks , | | Weaknesses: | Strength | | Similar Products Used: | hope saint | | Bike Setup: | Intense m1 sherman sliders saint brakes intense 30s | | Bottom Line: | Theyre good for the price and thyre looks cant be beat but i was riding dh and went down and the lever ripped right out of the casing!??!?!?!
price and looks are great but if u need something to take abuse then look further | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Robbie G
a Downhiller
from Canada
Date Reviewed: December 11, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tin pin shan | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | HKG | | Strengths: | Stopping power, looks , | | Weaknesses: | Strength | | Similar Products Used: | hope saint | | Bike Setup: | Intense m1 sherman sliders saint brakes intense 30s | | Bottom Line: | Theyre good for the price and thyre looks cant be beat but i was riding dh and went down and the lever ripped right out of the casing!??!?!?!
price and looks are great but if u need something to take abuse then look further | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve Bills
a Weekend Warrior
from Allendale, MI, USA
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Pontiac Lakes | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$160.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | This review is for the Hayes Comp hydro brakes. They stop you on a dime. Cant beat the power. Also very cheap, i got a whole brand new set (f&r) on ebay for $160. | | Weaknesses: | Very hard to set up. They rub all the time, almost impossible to get them to not rub at all. Ive come to the conclusion that im just going to have to live with a little brake rubbage. Also, not a lot of modulation. | | Similar Products Used: | xt hydrolic hydros | | Bike Setup: | norco sasquatch frame, mavic freeride rims, xt hubs, lx drivetrain, manitou black elite 100mm fork, bontrager stuff. | | Bottom Line: | These brakes are great for the money. Yes, they rub a little and occasionally make wierd noises but the stopping power is great and it really dosent make a difference that they rub a little anyways. If your into freeriding or downhilling and dont care so much about modulation, these brakes are perfect. Ive heard since they are the comp version, they are made of cheaper material but they feel very beefy to me and ive crashed many times and they are fine. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
raimund appel
a Weekend Warrior
from vienna
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | gamshöhe | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | bike attack | | Strengths: | good brakepower, affordable, good performance on wet conditions | | Weaknesses: | hard to adjust , i had to bleed it just after 4 months , brkae pads wear off fast | | Similar Products Used: | non disc magura HS33 | | Bike Setup: | kona bear , mx comp , hayes ... | | Bottom Line: | after i was used to the HS 33 for 5 years which made no problems i got rather irritaed when i had to change the front brakepad an disc after the 2. ride . Then after some fights with the adjustment it doesnt make so much noise anymore.
Breakpower is indeed god but, maybe i had just a bad start.
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Submitted by
E Dizzle
a Cross Country Rider
from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 4, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | anything in the river valley | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | came with my bike | | Strengths: | good stopping power. stops you on a dime. mine are hayes mx ones and they seem to work quite well. look cool. disc is strong and hard to bend. | | Weaknesses: | pads seem to rub against disk. kinda sqeuaky. | | Similar Products Used: | hayes hfx 9 or wateva | | Bike Setup: | stock | | Bottom Line: | these brakes are decent brakes. they sto pyou well and i also perfer mech over hydro brakes for xc riding. with hydros if you pop a line then your toast. mechs rule the school. these brakes are great for any bike and i would reccomend them to anyone | |
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