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Building a new bike and going with Disc brakes for the first time. I have narrowed it down to either the Avid Elixir CR or Formula RX. I can get the Avid's for $258 shipped or the Formula's with R1 rotors for $280 shipped. Since this will be my first time with disc brakes I want something that is easy to install with low maintenance. I have had bad luck with the quality of Sram products in the past (Rockshox SID crooked lowers... replaced 4 times under warranty and they were still unable to fix problem) so I am hesitant to go that route. With that said, the Elixir is cheaper, has more features and looks nice. What I like about the Formula's is that they are light and they are not made in China. Any opinions or other brakes I should be looking at?