Planet X Ultralight CNC Brake calipers

spanielsson

Planet X Ultralight CNC Brake calipers, is anyone using them and are they any good?!

Cheers!

Chip \'oyler

Mate of mine has them. He loves them and rates them. They're a nice bit of kit - so much so I'm going to get a pair

redddraggon

Do they stop as good as Groupset brakes? @ £100 I think I may be tempted too....

chriskempton

Yes and yes.

BTW check out the Forged ones for £50. they're just the same but with forged rather than
CNCed arms and steel rather than titanium bolts.

CNC £100 200g
Forged £50 225g

The weights are real.

I've got a set of each and well pleased.

@ Reddragon - no, not quite IMO, but very little in it.

ademort

I have them on my good bike and they are excellent, nice looking too.
Ademort

dennisn

chriskempton wrote:

Yes and yes.

BTW check out the Forged ones for £50. they're just the same but with forged rather than
CNCed arms and steel rather than titanium bolts.

CNC £100 200g
Forged £50 225g

The weights are real.

I've got a set of each and well pleased.

@ Reddragon - no, not quite IMO, but very little in it.

They look very nice. Can you adjust them with a little screw like Shimano has? I really
like that feature.

chriskempton

No they don't have that feature Dennis - you have to centre them by loosening the centre bolt in the frame.

dennisn

chriskempton wrote:

No they don't have that feature Dennis - you have to centre them by loosening the centre bolt in the frame.

D*mn, and I was just thinking that maybe I needed something new. If only for the sake of buying it. That little adjustment screw sure is nice though.

spanielsson

redddraggon wrote:

Do they stop as good as Groupset brakes? @ £100 I think I may be tempted too....

And you laughed at me at first.......

redddraggon

spanielsson wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Do they stop as good as Groupset brakes? @ £100 I think I may be tempted too....

And you laughed at me at first.......

Single pivot, I don't think I'll bother, too much effort keeping single pivots centred, might aswell keep top braking performance and get SRAM Force.

Chip \'oyler

My mate has them on his TT bike - he says they're perfect for this type of racing (he does a lot of triathlons, so does need to use his brakes a bit on the circuit courses they use).