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I have MT5's and absolutely love them. I did some long DH trails, 4-6 miles and in places pretty steep, last fall in Colorado and Wyoming and they were flawless. No noise, no fade, they just worked as they should. EDIT: Best I could find for pic:
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#6 ·
Love them but the levers are not the most durable. After breaking 2 I switched to m8000 Shimano levers “shigura” and it’s the best brake setup I’ve ever run although I’ve never tried trick stuff.
 
#8 ·
Just got them, they work great but are tight on the rotor. Not very much pad clearance. It took me a little while to get the caliper centered correctly over the rotors. Once properly bedded in they really grab hard and much better modulation than Shimano. A bonus - no more wandering bite point!
 
#10 ·
I had the MT5's on my LTD Edition Stumpy for 1.5 yrs. Loved them so much when I bought my new Stumpy Expert a month ago I swapped them on to the new bike. Sold the old bike with new Sram brakes. Really like them a lot and this is coming from a Shimano XT fanboy.
 
#11 ·
Monty219 said:
Love them but the levers are not the most durable. After breaking 2 I switched to m8000 Shimano levers "shigura" and it's the best brake setup I've ever run although I've never tried trick stuff.
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Same here, switched to Shimano m8000 levers on my MT7s after replacing a couple broken lever parts from crashes. I use Galfer pads and find them quieter than the stock Magura. I love this setup, tons of power and modulation.
 
#12 ·
I found that the bleeding has to be done precisely; follow the instructions exactly. The first time I did it I didn't quite have the bleed port on the front caliper at the highest point and it didn't work. I rotated the bike in the stand until it was and it worked fine. Also be careful removing the bleed port screw on the lever side. It's a composite material and is pretty soft.
 
#16 ·
mt5:
-digital feeling -> bad modulation, but great power, opposite feeling to sram code r, shimano is in between both
-pain in the ass to center the caliper due to very small clearance for the disc(less than sram and shimano), so they can easily be noisy if not centered 100% exactly or if the disc is only slightly bent
-bleeding is more complicated than on shimano

avoid the 2-part brake pads
 
Discussion starter · #17 ·
Wow way cool
x-force said:
mt5:
-digital feeling -> bad modulation, but great power, opposite feeling to sram code r, shimano is in between both
-pain in the ass to center the caliper due to very small clearance for the disc(less than sram and shimano), so they can easily be noisy if not centered 100% exactly or if the disc is only slightly bent
-bleeding is more complicated than on shimano

avoid the 2-part brake pads
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Discussion starter · #20 ·
Le Duke said:
The stock setup is 4 pads per brake. You can get after-market pads that join two pads (on each side) so that there are two total pads per brake.

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Magura sells four pad kits and two pad kits for the mt7 and mt5. I have never heard of a Two-part pad... maybe it's an after-market single pad with two different friction materials on it?
 
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