Budget brakes

Sambuca

Anyone got any links or seen any sets of brakes as I need to replace on my winter hack (giant reign) anything as powerful as tektro's or something for general riding but on a tight budget.... Nothing extreme just good general stoppers!

hoochylala

budget? there are some deals on merlin cycles

Sambuca

Budget is very small! Seen Clarks Skeletal ltd edition with spare pads on the net for £89.99, anyone got/tried these?

supafly1982

hayes stroker?

FunBus

I tried the Skeletals a while back. Didnt think much to them at all, but then again they wer only about £50 so i suppose you get what you pay for......rattly lever, cheap caliper and only "ok" performance - the new versions are just a different colour i think!

If you're looking around the £90 there's far more out there (unless you mean £90 for the pair, then you'll understand when i say, you get what you pay for because the only competition at that price will be cable discs)

hoochylala

Just seen this posted on another thread

I've just subscribed to What Mountain Bike and the March issue arrived in the post about last Thursday.
In it is a big disk brake test 19 products £70-£300.

1st - Shimano Deore M595 £110
2nd - Formula R1 £254
3rd - Gusset Chute £70

May be of use?

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/forums/vie ... t=12756829

JDRfive

I have used Shimano's low end hydraulics and I didn't like them at all. Decent modulation, but lacking in overall stopping power. I way prefer Magura's low end brakes, like the Julie HP. Definitely as good as some pricier brakes. Shop around, I got them for £60 a brake.

bike-a-swan

Just to balance out the last post, I have m595s and have found them comfy, powerful enough (for me, can't comment on absolute power- they did well on the wmb dyno though) and easy to look after.