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Description:Full Hydraulic: composed of a handlebar lever with reservoir, Inox stainless steel hydraulic brake hose, and a caliper with two opposite pistons. This is a small, lightweight, and totally reliable brake that is recommended for cross-country riding. Complete system comes fully bled, ready to mount and ride. Supplied with 160mm front and rear rotor disks. 323 grams for a front caliper, lever and housing.
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Submitted by
tony vazquez
a Weekend Warrior
from warwickshire , england
Date Reviewed: December 3, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | bike shop | | Strengths: | reasonable stopping power, cheap..got front and rear systems, rotors and bleed kit for £90. | | Weaknesses: | takes forever to set up calipers so pads dont rub, then you go out and within a few miles they're rubbing again. changed pads and for some reason lost pressure and had to bleed brakes.
found front caliper rubbed on spokes as wheel went round(caliper body is quite bulky)had to fit a differnt front wheel to stop it. both rotors bent after only a few hundred miles, (had to replace). apparantly company gone under(not surprised) | | Similar Products Used: | hope minis..well worth the extra money | | Bike Setup: | at moment on trek 6500, as i don't use it much. looking for used hope system on ebay as replacment. | | Bottom Line: | don't bother unless you enjoy spending time in your workshop or you like the sound of pads rubbing....at least it takes your mind off cycling. slightly better stopping power in the wet than 'v' brakes but a damn sight more annoying!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
random bike guy
a Cross Country Rider
from uk
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | robin hood country | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | a bike shop | | Strengths: | rite, i cant find how to add a new make to the hydraulic list so im doing it in here and comparing it to the grimica's, the clim8 6pot hydraulics are 10 times better than the grimica's, plain and simple, loads of power, quick and easy set up, did a superman over the bars 20mins after i put them on! instant power, even better when they bed in! they also came with sinted pads as standard | | Weaknesses: | erm......none! (clim8 that is, the list for grimeca's is endless, make good paper weights or something like that though) | | Similar Products Used: | CLIM8!!!!!!! get some, great value! kick hope into touch | | Bike Setup: | coyote ultralite xc2 frame (i likes it!) mavic rims on XT hubs, mixture of FSA and shimano components | | Bottom Line: | CLIM8 are great, enough said, no faults and at £100 (uk) they really are a bargin compared to the grimica's, wel, there is no comparrison, 2 pot vs 6pot....no competition is there really! just get the CLIM8, they really are the dogs, had no problems with them at all,nice big rotors aswel :P (by the way, im rating the grimica's, the CLIM8 would get 5 chili's all the way!) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Nix
a Weekend Warrior
from UK
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | road rider | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | Halfords on Carrera MTB | | Strengths: | Powerful, love outbraking riders down steep hills on the road. | | Weaknesses: | Back brake binds, found that caliper must be stripped on a yearly or sooner basis and pistons greased with silicon grease. Reservoirs to small. I use a syringe to top up them when bleeding them. | | Bike Setup: | Carrera Hellcat 2001 MY. | | Bottom Line: | Good power,but maintenance and setup time is excessive. These brakes should be virtually maintetance free but are now. Suspect rear brake is affected by flexation of the hub when the rider pedals! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
random bike guy
a Cross Country Rider
from uk
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | halfords (bad idea) | | Strengths: | red
when they work, they work well | | Weaknesses: | hardly ever work like they should
rub
slack levers | | Similar Products Used: | clim8 6 pot (and only £100 each...just get a pair, amazing) | | Bike Setup: | full sus
rockshox judy sl
full deore lx, suntour ap57 crank (real nice)
mavic x317 wheels on deore xt hubs (with crap dt swiss coloured alloy nipple things...dont get em,they break!)
other decent random parts | | Bottom Line: | these brakes work when they want to and when they rub, the wheel doesnt spin at all, but after a service they work brill, but when stripping them, you must use rubber grease or else you can damage the seals and totally break them, which i feel like doing sometimes, but after a good service, they work brill, especially with sinted brake pads, but if i were you, ide get the clim8 6 pot, they just kick ass and there cheap..buy em! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Stephen
a Downhiller
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Date Reviewed: January 11, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Toronto urban riding | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | In Canadian dolars. Uses at Cyclepath Toronto | | Strengths: | Good stopping power and decent modulation. The red matches the rear triangle on my bike. Small. So far no maitnence. Levers are fully adjustable in 3 places. | | Weaknesses: | Levers dont feel great(not to snappy), but Im still able to stop in a hurry. | | Similar Products Used: | Hayes mechs, hayes hydros, v-brakes, shoes. | | Bike Setup: | 2003 Balfa 2-Step DH, Jr T, grimeca system 1 brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Good brakes for the price. WAY more stopping power then my hayes mechs. The leavers squeek a little bit, but not a big deal at all. I dont know why everyone hates these brakes. I was worried when I bought these brakes because of all the negative comments here, but they work fine. They are on my 45lb, 7" travel bike and I can still lock up my wheel if I want to at any speed. They also dont "spap" shut when you touch them(some lock up with just a little bit of preasure. I dont like those brakes because you have to be really gentel or you can go over your handlebars. While I do like the HFX-9 i have tried, these work well enough and are cheeper. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jack
a Cross Country Rider
from Berkeley, CA
Date Reviewed: June 26, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Briones, | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | As brakes I cannot say this product has any strenghts, however they might make a nice pair of paper weights, or a matching set of ornamental anodized aluminum things to show your uninformed friends. | | Weaknesses: | This product does not stop your bicycle wheels from turning. | | Similar Products Used: | Avid mechanical disc brakes (love them. Get yourself a pair and be very very happy). | | Bike Setup: | Full XT hardtail with Avid mechanicals. | | Bottom Line: | These caliper type fixtures cannot be called brakes. Brakes need to have the primary and absolute essential function of being able to STOP a wheel from rotating. These Grimecas might be very nice other things, but certainly one cannot call them brakes.
I used this product for less than one month and rode on them for maybe fifty miles on XC trails in Northern California. I waited for them to "break in." The waiting was in vain, since they just don't work. Poor all around design and possibly a hasty effort to get these out on the market makes these the worst possible excuse for brakes that one can possibly imagine.
I cannot recommend these to any mountain biker. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Peaks | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | JE James | | Strengths: | Price
| | Weaknesses: | Pig to fit
sticky pistons
sticky levers | | Similar Products Used: | Hope M4 (Top of the class kit) | | Bike Setup: | Spesh FSR Comp | | Bottom Line: | Good price but should haved saved up for better.
Absolut pig to fit with the kit bolts to long and will rub everything in sight. Cut off excess threads, filed down the heads.
Front
Pistons always sticking out - good for training but hard work
Back (now functions as car handbrake)
braked do not come off - had to push lever both ways - pulll for on, scracth head, pick nose, push lever for off - quite handy actually.
get some hopes | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ritch
a Cross Country Rider
from Christchurch New Zealand
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Native Bush Singletrack, anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came with bike, KHS ProST | | Strengths: | the front worked for a while... nice red pots. braided hoses... | | Weaknesses: | DRAAAAGGG. made the bike feel like it weighed a ton. ive DUMPED these puppies, they sucked all my life blood from me when i rode... | | Similar Products Used: | newly replaced by Shimano 555 deore's... VEEERRRY nice sofar. | | Bike Setup: | relatively stock. Profile design bars, strong but cheap wellgo pedals, mavic rim, truvativ cranks, xt rest. | | Bottom Line: | dont bother with these brakes. get something else. if they came stock on the bike, lose them when you can first afford to. the suck. after the first bit of mud gets in there, the plungers that push the pads stick up and never retract. also, the moment youve descended a hundred or so metres in a short time, the heat produced expands the fluid, making the brakes drag even more... i was finding the wheel locked up whenever i left the ground... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Submitted by
gethin
a
from wales
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Avalanche cup course morzine | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Strengths: | Cheap (price includes a reasonable set of 36 spoke wheels with sealed hubs and braided hoses), weather poof stopping power no more worn out rims, | | Weaknesses: | the front caliper started to leak oil after a service however this was due to the stupidity of the shop that serviced it, because they got coppor grease on the piston,
this has now been sorted out, | | Similar Products Used: | hope C2, | | Bottom Line: | not as good as hope disks, but lots cheaper than hope.
as a intro to disks they'r a bargain and do the job fine. however if you've got a £450+ to spend you should go for hope. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Downhiller
from Portland, England
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | nant-y-arian/ Coed-y-Brenin | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Halfords | | Strengths: | Zilch! well the front hubs good | | Weaknesses: | 1)Red
2)Rubs
3)Can,t get hold of any spares
4)crap PADS sounds like they are on the Metal all the time
5)Bleed nipple snapped
6)Screws on the resouvoir rounded off
7)The lever makes all sorts of noise and wobbles
8)They dont work in the wet like disks should. | | Similar Products Used: | Hope C2 (kick ass brakes got these now),Hope DH4/M4, Magura Louise, Avid cable, Hope Mini | | Bike Setup: | Orange Patriot now, Boxxer race, Hope C2's, Sunn Doublewides,Hope Bulbs, Azonic etc | | Bottom Line: | Do not get these they are Pants get C2's or Minis | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave G
a Weekend Warrior
from Bishop Auckland UK
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Chopwel Woods in the north east of UK | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | www.mountain-high-bikes.com | | Strengths: | Cheap,Red and they stop you. What more do you need?? | | Weaknesses: | Lost braking pressure when I was out today,but this returned after a few minutes of swearing and pumping the lever. Don't know if this is a general hydraulic brake thing or not as these are my first | | Similar Products Used: | n\a | | Bike Setup: | Specialised Rockhopper A1 Comp. | | Bottom Line: | I bought these as a pack with a set of Vuelta freeride wheels (think thats how you spell it) for £160. Unfortunaly having manitou forks I had to buy a bracket and a 185mm front disc for them to fit and new shifters so it pushed the price up to £240. So far though I have been very impressed with the braking power they provide, and they look well meaty compaired to hopes\magura's.
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Submitted by
Michael
a Cross Country Rider
from Barrie, ON. Canada
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$47.00 | | Purchased At: | from a friend | | Strengths: | Consistent all weather performance.
Hydraulic feel and maintenance.
Better than average breaking performance (after some adjustment at the lever)
They're red? | | Weaknesses: | Zero adjustability.
The bolts holding the rotor on rubbed on the fork.
The caliper rubbed on the spokes.
The disc rubbed on the pads. | | Similar Products Used: | Magura, Shimano XT, Hayes | | Bike Setup: | 2001 FSR XC Pro | | Bottom Line: | To fix the above mentioned problems I needed to file the tabs on the caliper down by about 1/4 of a mm and put paper thin washers on the disc bolts. So much for easy instalation and setup.
At first the power was absolutely awful, these brakes couldn't bring me to a stop if I was rolling uphill. With some adjustment to the lever pull and moving the lever closer to the stem so my fingers sit closer to the end of the lever I managed to greatly improve power. They're still not as grabby as the V-brakes on my girlfriends C-dale but they have more than enough for trail riding and XC use (definitely not DH material). I still derive the benefit of all weather performance and not having to change cables, the feeling at the lever is very smooth and consistent. If I had paid retail for these I would be disappointed but due to the circumstances under which I acquired them I'm happy with my purchase. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gethin allen
a Weekend Warrior
from wales
Date Reviewed: August 15, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | avalanch cup course france | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Strengths: | comes fully bled and assembled therefore easy to fit, power was good at first when the brake is in perfect condition, cheap £200 with wheels | | Weaknesses: | caliper piston seized, the shop that sorted this out got oil on the pads and they're useless once you get oil on them, and to top it all off the lever started to squeak and leak, this was all to do with the front brake the rear has been totally trouble free | | Similar Products Used: | hope closed 2 pot (although the hopes are better they are a lot more expensive) | | Bike Setup: | specialized A1 FSR with bomber Z3 Air forks and maitou bazooka rear shock, nwew wheels and disks, deore/Lx etc, | | Bottom Line: | good if you can get them cheap and you know how to maintain them, otherwise save the money and get hope disks | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Leonard
a Cross Country Rider
from BELFAST
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Halfords | | Strengths: | It looks nice in Red.....The braided hose is very welcome and i like the lever.The brake itself seems to be well built | | Weaknesses: | Power.Evene after break-in the brakes wernt overly impressive. The screws on the top-cap of the resevior warped into nothing...ended up having to get a new lever so i could bleed.....This lever took 6 WEEKS to come.....a week later out in the rain....The lever siezed.......Took it back to the shop but on the way to the shop the actualy lever snapped in half......and i am still waiting on my enw lever.....6 weeks again this time and it hasnt come.....so ive got a little tektro novela mechanical on at the moment..and to be honest......it whips the gremicas ass for power and modulation.......and thats the truth.This break doesnt live upto any expectations ......although teh colour is nice:) | | Similar Products Used: | Tested Hopemini-absolutly superb
Tested Hayes mechanical....V. good too | | Bottom Line: | For the price you could pick up a hope mini-which is i think the best hope disc brake -superb and everyone i know who has one says so too.
-The leevrs are very dodgey on the gremica system 1.....and power is bad.......suffers from fad as well and ive had little luck with it.Used it for a year and a half now and its just gonna sit ni my room now ..maybe ill get it framed.........but thats IF I EVER GET MY OTHER LEVER.
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Submitted by
Wolfgang Spann
a Weekend Warrior
from Cologne, Germany
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | nothing special | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Cologne, Bike Perfect | | Strengths: | very bitingly, quiet | | Weaknesses: | not very heatproof, dangerous fading characeristics | | Similar Products Used: | nothing | | Bike Setup: | Corratec Rocklight Glacier 2001 | | Bottom Line: | These breaks have been first equipment of my Bike and I used them for about 6 months without any problems. In my hometown you can´t ride very hard! But then I participated on a marathon and after 50 km I have killed my brakes or better: I burned them during a downhill! They became hotter and hotter until they glowed while the breakpower decreased more and more. I am really happy that nothing serious happend. Now i will buy some Maguras. To all, which still use these breaks: BE CAREFULL and check the temperature. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
GARY
a Cross Country Rider
from SAN DIEGO
Date Reviewed: April 29, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with Bike | | Strengths: | Look nice
Cheap (pay for what you get I guess) | | Weaknesses: | Locks up on rides
Heavy
Poor customer service
Squeals
Pain to maintain | | Similar Products Used: | A 2 year olds tricyle brakes
My Grandma's 100 year old Penny Farthing bike
Fred Flintstones foot brakes. | | Bike Setup: | LX Group
Bomber Z5 shocks
Shockworks rear | | Bottom Line: | I went from Lever / U brakes to Discs, as I heard they had better stopping power. When I purchased my latest bike I saw that they had Grimeca Disc brakes and thought they would be good. After only 2 rides the back brake locked up and I could smell burning. I took the bike back to Supergo and they adjusted it, but the brakes did not lock up when riding..... So I took it to a local dealer to sort it out. Last weekend I entered a XC race and only after 4 miles the back brake 50% locked up, so I had to undo the back brake - therefore racing with only a front brake - NOT GOOD. I have been told by bike mechanics that these brakes are a heap of crap, and I should get the XT brakes. It looks like I will have to, but I am VERY annoyed as I have only cycled about 200 miles using these brakes and they should last longer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shane Johnson
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane,QLD,Australia
Date Reviewed: March 12, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | None!!! | | Weaknesses: | They are the worst set of brakes that I have had. They came with my KHS 2001 FXT Comp. The first couple of rides were great, good stopping power etc. Then came time to bleed and service them. They are now spongy, unadjustable. One of the bleeder nipples snapped inside and Grimeca would not even reply to me about spares. Contacted KHS and they do not deal with Australian customers. $3200 AUS I spent on the bike and the brakes do not work. The bike is only 8 months old and has spent more time in the work shop trying to fix the brakes.
Happy Trails | | Bottom Line: | So these brakes are not worth the price of half a can of coke. Go the Hayes or even the Avid cable disc. The later is my new choice after reading the reveiws.
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Submitted by
adam storey
a Weekend Warrior
from hibaldstow, north lincolnshire, england
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | any downhill~singletrack | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$66000000.00 | | Purchased At: | second hand (exagerated price!) | | Strengths: | strong disc, braided hose is a rarity at the retail price... errrrrrr, they work?! | | Weaknesses: | overall heavy, hub needs servicing before it can even be used!, lots of drag, the brake feel could be better, awful lever blade. the bleed nipple is the worst bit: mine snapped off when i was tightening it up and had to be drilled out + repaired. | | Similar Products Used: | magura julie. (plastic leaky german crap) | | Bike Setup: | custom build: amoeba 4 piece bars, tioga d/h tires, single ring bla bla bla etc... | | Bottom Line: | well theses brakes are very good for the retail price but there is so many little problems with them, like the weak snappy bleed nipple, and the slightly excessive drag, and the awful lever blade. also i know the hub is optional to be used but if you do use it i strongly sugest you take apart the rear hub and apply alot of grease to the hyper-glide as otherwise it can start to slip. overall if you realy must have hydrolic disc brakes and you cant possibly afford anything else, you will get along fine with them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon Smillie
a Cross Country Rider
from Canberra
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Mont 24 hour course | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came with KHS bike | | Strengths: | Excellent stopping power and lever feel. | | Weaknesses: | Very fiddly to bleed. Seem very sensitive to setup/adjustment. Stock pads seem to be unreasonably squeaky. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Stock KHS FXT-comp duallie. | | Bottom Line: | These brakes came as original equipment on my KHS duallie. They needed to be bled after the first ride, and it took
several rides before they bedded in and started working at maximum strength. Bleeding is not complex if you know how to
bleed other hydraulic systems like car brakes, but it's very fiddly due to the small reservoirs, and you need to be careful with the delicate bleed nipple and the screws on the reservoir tops. After this was done though, they have worked
flawlessly ever since - very smooth and powerful.
My big complaint is the frequent sqealing and very occasional chattering. They seem to be very sensitive to initial setup of the calipers - you need to ensure, via fitting shims etc, that the pads contact the rotor squarely
or they scream like banshees. They are also very sensitive
to contamination or glazing of the pads. They seem to readily develop a constant squeak when they are disengaged,
although as soon as you apply the brake they shut up. I've
found that removing the pads and rubbing them down with fine sandpaper makes them silent again, but after two or three rides the pads are glazed/dirty again, and the squeak comes back. I think it would be worth experimenting with pads, maybe going to a softer compound.
I'd give five stars all round if it wasn't for the noise. They work really well, but I've found the squeaking at times
so annoying that I'd go back to cantilever brakes just to be
rid of it sometimes.
They just need to much adjustment and attention. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin
a Cross Country Rider
from England
Date Reviewed: September 11, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Peak District | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Braking good to start with.
| | Weaknesses: | Heavy on Pads. Front brakes went spongy after 3 months, broke bleed screw while bleeding. Rear failed after 13 months locked on during downhill. | | Similar Products Used: | First Discs used. | | Bottom Line: | V brakes may not be as good at stopping but they are more reliable, cheaper and easier to maintain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Telis
a Weekend Warrior
from Finland
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$115.00 | | Purchased At: | Local bike shop | | Strengths: | Price, weight. The brake lever isn't very pleasant to the fingers.
Easy to change the brake pads and easy to bleed.
| | Weaknesses: | Some parts are weak. The bleed screw went broken too easily.
Squeak sometimes. Variable modulation. Takes few weeks to break-in. | | Similar Products Used: | Cantilevers, Magura Gustav M 2001 | | Bottom Line: | I'm pretty happy with these brakes. The brake lever has a very solid feel and you can always count on the stopping power of the brakes. If you're looking a low-cost hydraulic brakes, buy these. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Weekend Warrior
from Plymouth Devon England
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | it gives good modulation | | Weaknesses: | you have to really pull hard on the lever to lock the rear wheel. however my main problem is with the hub supplied with the system. it is very heavy and the freehub slipped constantly after the first few rides. also, replacements are hard to find as there is a 5 disc bolt pattern, compared withe the six bolt pattern found on most other good hubs. | | Similar Products Used: | hope mini | | Bottom Line: | average break let down by an awful hub | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Martin Ocando
a Weekend Warrior
from Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Date Reviewed: February 1, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | My hacienda | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$500.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | I bought this one as a set, including grimeca hubs and Vuelta excalibur freeride wheels. It has excelent modulation and run drag free. Comes completely bled out of the box. | | Weaknesses: | Takes a little break in time. Bleeding is messy (I've ordered the bleed kit to fix this). A little expensive down here, maybe cheapper in the US. | | Similar Products Used: | Many V's, including XTR's | | Bike Setup: | 1999 Specialized FSR Enduro, 2000 Manitour X-Vert, Panaracer Fire-XC-Pro, Specialized Pro Ti saddle, XTR Rear deraileur, front deraileur and pod shifters. XT 11-32 cassette, LX cranks, Profile stiffy stem, answer pro taper riser bar, Rock Shox Deluxe rear shock, profile grips, shimano 434 spd pedals. Also bell helmets, specialized enduro long gloves, shimano spd shoes and briko sunglasses. | | Bottom Line: | It's an amazing piece of brake, great modulation and power. I had to switch the front rotor from 160 to 180mm to reach the caliper using the manitou adapter, but this improved braking power. Stops in a dime. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Colin
a Weekend Warrior
from BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Whistler Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Rocky Mountain Cycles | | Strengths: | Stop really good. Great for tricks. Worked great right away. | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Almost all vee brakes. Some mechanical systems (spend the extra money to go hydr.) | | Bike Setup: | Norco XCS-2 '00 | | Bottom Line: | These brakes came with my bike and they kick ass. I am now looking to upgradr my rear avid linear brakes to these. They are definitley worth buying and if they come on your bike even better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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