What discs for 100 notes ish...........

supergrass

Hi im looking to upgrade my specialized rockhopper with some disc breaks as i went for the V brake version a couple of years ago. Im on a pretty low budget of about £100 is there any recommendations. I have looked at Avid’s Juicy 3 and 5’s on ebay, not sure weather i can get the later for £100 though .

Im not a mechanical genius so are they easy to fit?

thanks

Skonk

I have 3 seperate bikes which use Juicy 3's, Juicy 7's and Elixir; all of which I find work really well.

My full sus XC bike came with Juicy 3's but as I spent most of my time on steep-ish decents I upgraded to Juicy 7's for a bit more stopping power.

This has left me with a perfectly good set of Juicy 3's spare that only had about 2 months of use. I would be happy to sell them for £70 for the pair + a bit of postage (black colour and they have a 185mm front rotor and a 160mm rear, both IS mounts) if your were interested.

James.

cat_with_no_tail

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/mountain- ... r-set.html
Bargain at £134 if you can stretch by that much?

Alternatively, for £90, you can get a brand new complete F&R set of Juicy 3s
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/mountain- ... -sale.html

Northwind

What are the budget Maguras again, Julies? I rode a demo bike with them on, they were very nice indeed, it was quite telling that cotic chose these budget brakes on a demo build of about £1500 worth of hardtail- they're good enough for that.

Tektro Auriga Comp or Pro might come in your budget, they're a bit associated with cheapo bikes but they're basically Shimano copies- good power, not a huge amount of feel but they're effective. And also they use the shimano pads so easy availability.

HandjobDan

Hi a bit over your budget, but the Shimano SLX got a really good review and was MBUK's value choice in their recent Trail brakes feature. Meant to have good power and feel, and the new servowave technology is meant to be a lot better.

£120 a pair at CRC, may be cheaper elsewhere though.

gnarly-ass-rider

avid brakes are by no means easy LOL
probs one of the hardest
IMHO i thiunk that hayes are on of the best cheap/easy and powerfull

rowlers

Hayes stroker rydes here:

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/mountain- ... -ryde.html

The Trails are impressive, the rydes are similar and in budget!

nwmlarge

why not look second hand?
i just picked up a set of hayes 9's with the 203mm rotors and spares for £95

canada16

I am going to be selling some 2008 magura louise brakes after the weekend.

The need a bleed as changing for xt.

Let me know, they are 160mm and 180 mm

Might need new pads as well, but cheap enough from superstar.

canada16

Prob wrong post, but does relate.

Came off this bike.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/-_-/5360032349/

janwal

How about these Giant MPH for £89 http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.p ... 0s102p2430. Have replaced my shimano ones with them due to a squeeling rear brake problem. They are excellent.More feel than the shimano and stop really well and progressive.Had Hayes 9's on older bike and they were very much an on/off brake with little feel.