Which Brakes for Enduro Rebuild

DoubleYouEss
DoubleYouEss Posts: 68
edited February 2012 in MTB general
Trying to decide which brakes to get for my specialized enduro s-works 2006 rebuild.

Previously was using a mono 6ti 205mm on front and a mono 4 180mm rear.

Going to need ultimate power, the build has a van rc coil shock and lyrik coil forks so the weight of the brakes not too much of an issue. The bike will be geared more towards downhill & aggressive trail riding than xc riding.

Was originally thinking hope tech evo m4 203 / 183. But now not so sure?

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  • lawman
    lawman Posts: 6,868
    new shimano M785 XT brakes with 203mm icetech rotors and pads for good heat management, more power than you will ever need, if you want even more, saints with above rotors would make an insanely powerful system
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    This ^^^^^^^^^^
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    Most decent brakes will do what you need tbh. With Hope you'd need to go up to a big hitter as they're mostly a bit underpowered.

    I'd be looking at Formula myself. I use basic Oros on all my bikes- XC bike, trail bike, DH bike- and none have missed a beat. Not too heavy, not at all insensitive, but excellent power and reliability. Oh and cheap. But if money allowed, their higher end models are fantastic.
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  • ilovedirt
    ilovedirt Posts: 5,798
    Formula mega/the one for me.

    You probably couldn't go far wrong with shimano SLX/XT/Saint though, however Formula brakes are easier to get spare parts etc for, should something go wrong.
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  • benpinnick
    benpinnick Posts: 4,148
    I have XTs on standard RT76 203/280 combo. Awesome power, feel ok too.
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    ilovedirt wrote:
    You probably couldn't go far wrong with shimano SLX/XT/Saint though, however Formula brakes are easier to get spare parts etc for, should something go wrong.

    Aye, I really liked my XTs when they worked (m775) but I was a bit miffed when the seals went in a caliper and I had to replace the whole bloomin thing because you can't easily buy the seals alone. That said, it still wasn't too bad, the caliper was cheap and came with pads so not drastically more than buying seals. But it still peeved me.
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  • Sounds like there is a lot of love for the 2012 XT's..

    However I have heard they are a bugger to service and replace seals etc, whereas the hopes are easy peasy

    thoughts??

    Is there any advantage of spending more on xtr over xt 2012?
  • Richie63
    Richie63 Posts: 2,132
    Went for Formula The Ones myself but they were so good put them on the downhill machine. Have got Elixir 5's now on the Enduro (2005 sworks) and they work fine for me never had any issues with stopping and I do shift when on the bike.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Sounds like there is a lot of love for the 2012 XT's..

    However I have heard they are a bugger to service and replace seals etc, whereas the hopes are easy peasy

    thoughts??

    Is there any advantage of spending more on xtr over xt 2012?
    They shouldn't need anything except pads.
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  • benpinnick
    benpinnick Posts: 4,148
    + 1. Ive never had to replace seals on my brakes... what are you doing to them/brands are you buying?
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