Hello,
I have recently purchased a set of Hope Mono 6ti disc brakes. These brakes were not at all cheap (most expensive brakes you can buy) and therefore I was expecting them to perform better than any other brake as well. I have to say that I'm extremely disapointed with the performance of these brakes. Both front and back brakes don't have nearly as much power as I was expecting. Infact, my old Shimano XT hydraulic brakes have more power and they are less than 1/3 of the price! I am mostly disapointed with the front brake. I have to literally squeeze it as hard as I can to get it to stop? By the time I get to the bottom of a DH run, my hands are very sore and cramped from squeezing so hard (the very reason I bought these brakes in the first place was to avoid this). The levers also seem to have a very spongy feel to them. I have alreadly tried re-bleeding the brakes (both by myself and at a LBS) and even changing the brake pads, but nothing improves the performance. There definitely seems to be something wrong with them.
Is anyone else running these brakes? And if so, are you experiencing any of the problems that I am? Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I have recently purchased a set of Hope Mono 6ti disc brakes. These brakes were not at all cheap (most expensive brakes you can buy) and therefore I was expecting them to perform better than any other brake as well. I have to say that I'm extremely disapointed with the performance of these brakes. Both front and back brakes don't have nearly as much power as I was expecting. Infact, my old Shimano XT hydraulic brakes have more power and they are less than 1/3 of the price! I am mostly disapointed with the front brake. I have to literally squeeze it as hard as I can to get it to stop? By the time I get to the bottom of a DH run, my hands are very sore and cramped from squeezing so hard (the very reason I bought these brakes in the first place was to avoid this). The levers also seem to have a very spongy feel to them. I have alreadly tried re-bleeding the brakes (both by myself and at a LBS) and even changing the brake pads, but nothing improves the performance. There definitely seems to be something wrong with them.
Is anyone else running these brakes? And if so, are you experiencing any of the problems that I am? Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.