ghostrider88 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 What model disc brake ? Hope or saint there just arent any others worth your money There is plenty, but what do I know, I´m not bike mechanic after all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 What discs do you run ghostrider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrider88 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Saint, used to run deore, not much difference in terms of power but huge price gap. Deore, SLX, XT or ZEE, they are all powerful enough for street riding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Due to my dislike of maggys I'd be dual disc on my echo24 if I could be, I wouldn't hesitate to run one on a 26 either as I've been on a few koxx red sky's and even with spoke flex due to a larger wheel disc is still nicer (imo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoox Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Maguras inherently suck. Magura is a company with virtually no competition, so they have no reason to improve their products, although they seem pretty good at f**king them up (e.g. 2011 HS33). I've run Avid BB7 front and Magura HS33 rear for one whole year on my Echo 24. During that time, the BB7 has been absolutely reliable and has required zero maintenance. By contrast, the rear HS33 requires maintenance every time I ride. I have read several claims that "a correctly set up Magura brake is hassle-free and set-and-forget". Believe me, those claims are BS: 1) As you pull the wheel back to tighten to tighten the chain you'll also want the pads to follow, which means you'll have to move them, not easy when the steel bolts have bitten into the aluminium 4-boolt slave clamps. 2) You will also have to ensure that your rims are perfectly straight before and during each and every ride so the pads don't rub on the rim when coasting. Disk brakes don't care if the rim is bent, as long as the rotor is straight (which it usually is as it's not supposed to come into contact with anything other than the brake pads). 3) A rear rim brake feels spongy due to seatstay flex. Yes, you can use a brake booster, but unfortunately boosters get in the way when you try to adjust your brake and it becomes a major pain in the ass. 4) The newer Magura brakes make it very difficult to change a broken oil line. 5) A rear rim brake is very hard to adjust compared with a disk brake, especially compared with the BB7. 6) Rim brake pads wear faster. 7) As has been said, Maguras are noisy and have less modulation. Obviously Maggies do a good job at stopping bikes, that's why they're so popular, but they also suck in more ways than they rock. My next bike will be a dual-BB7 mod for the perfect zero-maintenance bike. More riding, less messing around with tools. Edited April 30, 2013 by Scoox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Yeah but bare in mind a magura is primarily a xc brake designed to fit bikes with vertical dropouts where the position of the wheel won't change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I get you dave, that was the original idea. But now, they are almost exclusively used in trials, as most of the mtb world went dual disk years ago. Magura need to hurry up and get the new design out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hope should make a rim brake and blow magura our of the water. But they won't as they make awsome discs already 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 i think magura should ditch the whole carbotecture cr*p,a customer had a bent lever blade,and the lever had been replaced. took the oportunity to strip a 2011 lever down again,and thought something like: why the f**k is there a plastic cylinder? btw the cylinder had wearing marks on the inside,if it hadnt been bent at the blade it´d ´ve been leaking soon though. and that was a trekking bike! starting to get typical for that model lol anybody knowing when those tensiles are available?cant wait 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Avid and magura use plastic cylinders. Hope use metal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 yeah but maguras up to 2010 had a polished alu cylinder pressed into the lever housing,and even the plastic hs11 had it. now both the 11 and 33 suck,and theres no point in it other than get rid of scrap carbon parts imo lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoox Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Clearly we trialsters are very small market... It's a shame because Iove big wheels but with crappy brakes it makes me wanna go want to mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Anyone heard any progress on the Csc rim brakes yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Csc? Been on sale a while now http://www.trial-bikes.com/hydraulic-brake-p-536662.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 Get a disc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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