Finally been bent over.

The Northern Monkey

Well, after being in talks with Madison for the past few weeks i've had to buy 2 Saint levers, brake hose and oil for £112.

Originally started as £45 for 1 lever and £3 for oil.

Urgh, Scotland better be as good as it was last year

BlackSpur

i know you snapped one lever on the boardwalk - what happened to the other?

Chaz.Harding

bigbenj_08 wrote:

2 Saint levers, brake hose and oil for £112.

Originally started as £45 for 1 lever and £3 for oil.

That's a HELL of a price increase..!!

I take it you have to buy the levers in pairs, which are obviously EXPENSIVE! (Is it not cheaper to buy a new lever assembly?) And just ordinary DOT 4 or DOT 5.1 brake / clutch fluid. MTB specific is a ROYAL rip-off...

BlackSpur

shimanos need mineral oil

The Northern Monkey

BlackSpur wrote:

i know you snapped one lever on the boardwalk - what happened to the other?

lol, NOTHING!! (hense the being bent over hehehe).

Basically, shimano have stopped shipping single lever units to the UK. So i've had to buy a lever set

CRC only have a single left hand lever in stock, and Madison have none.

For an extra £20 I could have bought a whole new front Saint brake....

But I figured that after snaping 1 lever, i'd rather have a spare lever + be able to bleed both my brakes than another caliper

Chaz.Harding

Oh, my bad! But still, you can get mineral oil, in vast amounts, at tiny prices compared to MTB specific mineral oil! My argument still stands, just read 'Mineral oil' over 'DOT 4 / DOT 5.1.



You learn something new every day! 8)

The Northern Monkey

bigchazrocks wrote:

bigbenj_08 wrote:

2 Saint levers, brake hose and oil for £112.

Originally started as £45 for 1 lever and £3 for oil.

That's a HELL of a price increase..!!

I take it you have to buy the levers in pairs, which are obviously EXPENSIVE! (Is it not cheaper to buy a new lever assembly?) And just ordinary DOT 4 or DOT 5.1 brake / clutch fluid. MTB specific is a ROYAL rip-off...

Nah, the set includes..
RH lever
LH lever
Brake hose x2
Mineral oil.

All i need is 1 RH lever + mineral oil.

Bloody ridiculous!

The Northern Monkey

bigchazrocks
1 lever was £45... but they stop selling them in the UK. I ordered one from CRC but it turned out their website was wrong and they didn't actually have any.

So i've had to buy the above ^ lever "kit" instead.

Chaz.Harding

Did you need the complete lever assembly, or just the lever blade..?

I assumed (yeah, ass-out-of-you-and-me, blah blah ) that you just snapped the lever blade, see..?

The Northern Monkey

I'm basically paying £22 for brake hose and mineral oil... and then £45 for a lever I don't need.

The Northern Monkey

bigchazrocks wrote:

Did you need the complete lever assembly, or just the lever blade..?

I assumed (yeah, ass-out-of-you-and-me, blah blah ) that you just snapped the lever blade, see..?

ahhh nope broke the whole body bit lever is intact!... had the piston, seals etc everywhere


the big chunk of black is the under side body of the whole lever assembly..... i was going pretty quick

Chaz.Harding

bigbenj_08 wrote:

I'm basically paying £22 for brake hose and mineral oil... and then £45 for a lever I don't need.

Lol, I get the cost, but what did you actually break? Was it the lever body (resevoir, master cyclinder etc) or was it literally just the lever blade that you snapped? And for you're £45, do you get a Saint lever assembly (so just plug it in to the hydraulic hose), NOT just a single lever blade...?

Sorry if I'm confusing... :oops:

Chaz.Harding

Damn, I was a whole 2 minutes too slow...

I see now!

The Northern Monkey

bigchazrocks
Aye £45 was the lever assembly... plug in the hose, fit to bars, bleed, done.

Chaz.Harding

Haha, sorted! Sorry for my uber confusion... It's latefor me

The Northern Monkey

Dw, I'm in the bath tryin to type quickly on my iPhone Lol