What are these like for stopping power?

The Northern Monkey

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=31412

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Kits ... elID=23431

any other brakes i could be thinking about?

Anonymous

it looks like the juicy 7 is cheaper and the five is even cheaper again.

i have used 3, 5 7 and ultimate and think they pretty much all feel the same. i would go for fives for a balance between price and performance.

The Northern Monkey

I really dont want avid brakes again i know its a tad OTT, but i HATE my 3's. and i want to try something else.
My brothers stroker trails are amazing ( i'm tempted by some myself) but these brakes are for my freeride HT build and want something sexy...i cant afford formula the one's before anyone mentions them 8)

Anonymous

i ran k18s by formula before and they were pretty good, i think they are 160 quid for the pair. still prefer juicys though

ride_whenever

So what is your budget?

You could get the cheaper formula brakes perhaps?

The Northern Monkey

Fair enough for some reason i have the misconception that avid brakes are fairly budget and average performance brakes....think i've just have a bad experience with my 3's.

Btw, the brakes i was looking at were £160 each i found i can get my wheels a bit cheaper than i realised :shock:

Anonymous

you must have just had some bad luck with your 3's, what exactly is wrong with them or is it that you just want something gucci? (theres nowt wrong with that by the way) i have tried loads of brakes and avids are the best by far.

The Northern Monkey

ride_whenever wrote:

So what is your budget?

You could get the cheaper formula brakes perhaps?

well my GF is giving me £300 towards the bike for xmas/belated birthday/money she owes me, but obviously i dont have to spend all of it just on brakes...there are other bits an pieces i'd like and have already budgeted for in the next few months.

Steve_b77

There's a review in this months (Decembers MBUK) they get a good write up.

The Northern Monkey

sheepsteeth wrote:

you must have just had some bad luck with your 3's, what exactly is wrong with them or is it that you just want something gucci? (theres nowt wrong with that by the way) i have tried loads of brakes and avids are the best by far.

theres no feel to them... when riding my bro's stinky with stroker trails on, you could just tell exactly what the brakes were doing, they has loads of power...and then more in reserve if you needed it.
when i went back t the 3's it felt like i was using 2 planks of wood on ice to stop myself!

OwenB

Formula K18s are £129 at merlin at the moment for the set. I want some for myself but I'm skint.

ride_whenever

So your budget is £160 each end? Then the world is your oyster, you could get Formula MEGA brakes or Hope moto V2 (without the vented rotor), there are a lot of good brakes for £160 each end!

OwenB

oh and the Hayes Stroker Carbons are cheap too at £130 for the set at Merlin.

https://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=product&productId=1285&categoryId=130

The Northern Monkey

I do like the sound of the mega's...will save me a bit of cash too.

thing is tho, will i see the benefits of more expensive brakes? its the only thing toying with my mind atm. I won't be taking it easy on the bike, and know that tyres and brakes are one of the most important things safety wise (besides armour) and fel that scrimping on something that important is pretty stupid!

The Northern Monkey

OwenB wrote:

oh and the Hayes Stroker Carbons are cheap too at £130 for the set at Merlin.

https://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=product&productId=1285&categoryId=130

Cheers mate, thats very tempting...bloody good price!

Anonymous

those ones from merlin are insanely cheap, i doubt they will be around for long!! would leave you plenty to spend elsewhere too

The Northern Monkey

but are they sexy enough 8)