The t-bird has a v brake not a magura lol i like the new t-birds they look a lot better than the old models if it came with a rear magura it would be mint, but sadly not, the monty sounds like it built down to a cheap price and they havent really outdun themselves onza have put a disc on the t-bird, new forks with four bolt mounts and disc, i would go for the t-bird i think its miles better than the monty. Offsubject i think the new t-vee the paint loks a bit dodgy grey powder coated it looks like primer lol liam