what hydrolic breaks to get ?

sigorman85

hi my mate wants to get some hydrolic breaks for his specialized hard rock im not that clued up on it all yet.basicly he has a budget of £100 i no this is not a lot but there is some good bargins out there on some site. we do about 40-60 miles a month of xc its not alot i no! he has cable disk breaks at the mo
basicly whats ideal for this bike?

R+P+K

Shimano M596's - http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=67246

rapid_donkey

I personally would spend a little extra and get Avid Elixir 1's:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=67751

Your money will go a bit further in the used market on ebay, but you never know what your getting or what monkeys have tried to bleed them.

rapid_donkey

Oh and dont consider Clarks Skeletals, theyre pump

journey_man_pro

rapid_donkey wrote:

I personally would spend a little extra and get Avid Elixir 1's:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=67751

Your money will go a bit further in the used market on ebay, but you never know what your getting or what monkeys have tried to bleed them.

id stay away from avids. money would be best spent on shimano m666 slx in my opinion

rapid_donkey

Why would you stay away from Avids? I have Elixir 1's and theyre absolutely spot on. I havent read a bad review about them either.
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... 1-12-45973
On CRC, a set of M666 will set the OP back £160, considerabley more than his budget.

kammybear

Sorry to hijack the thread,

I've got M445s as well and don't like them much. Could I keep the M445 levers and just change the callipers for now and get levers later?

bennett_346

kammybear wrote:

Sorry to hijack the thread,

I've got M445s as well and don't like them much. Could I keep the M445 levers and just change the callipers for now and get levers later?

Calipers are much of a muchness. The lever and master cylinder design is where most of the characteristics come from.

kammybear

Yeh, I've looked into it a bit more and the like you said, it's the levers that are the game changer...so I could just get a pair of SLX M666 levers and just swap them over?

Bling value alone would make it worth it

bennett_346

I'm not sure about whether you can just swap them, you'll have to wait for somebody more knowledgable to come along

kammybear

No worries!

If someone could confirm, I've got my finger over the buy button for a pair of M998 XTR levers at wiggle!

I'm thinking I can upgrade the calipers next month if the M445 aren't able to hack it?

kammybear

or rather M666 as the XTR re £63 per side not a set! Thought I got me a bargain then :-(

kammybear

More spam from me.

I found these Deore XT on Rose for £67. Seem pretty confused:

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/shim ... aid:515731

They're down as rear brakes but with right levers? Shouldn't they be left levers? Seems like a mix and match? I could buy these, and then some left levers and front calipers elsewhere and still save? Evans have the levers for £35 which sounds good to me?

EH_Rob

in some other places they have the levers swapped round.

rose is the cheapest place for brakes that i know of.

kammybear

So if I just get that set above, and the other lever and caliper elsewhere, it's not a problem to just switch them around again? Such a noob question!

Am I looking at it wrong but Rose only seem to have rear brakes :oops:

lostboysaint

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=39006Stick with Shimano Deore M596 (or the older M595 if you can find a deal. Top brakes, the snobs further up the thread just want to see SLX or XT on them (or another brand). Ridiculously good value and offer 95% of the performance of the others (if not 100%!) See the mags test results if you need confirmation.


http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/category/components/disc-brake-systems/product/review-shimano-m596-deore-brake-12-46008

kammybear

lostboysaint wrote:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=39006Stick with Shimano Deore M596 (or the older M595 if you can find a deal. Top brakes, the snobs further up the thread just want to see SLX or XT on them (or another brand). Ridiculously good value and offer 95% of the performance of the others (if not 100%!) See the mags test results if you need confirmation.


http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/gear/category/components/disc-brake-systems/product/review-shimano-m596-deore-brake-12-46008

59.99 for Deore or £63 for the Deore XT....might as well just pay the extra £3 for the bling value alone?!

I've ordered some fronts and will order the rears on pay day. Ready for the summer!!!

rapid_donkey

This is where my money would be going:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-Avid-Eli ... 416441e03e

wakou

This:
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalo ... CGAQ8wIwAA

bennett_346

wakou wrote:

This:
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalo ... CGAQ8wIwAA

Was that nessesary? Nesecary? Necessary?

Maybe i should buy it...

sigorman85

cheers for all the info lads il let him no .....o an thanks for taking over lol