Brakes again

steelie600

Ive decided to stretch my budget a tad and get hydraulics, Cos I know ill only end up upgrading in a month or so anyways

SO are these any good??? Cant find a proper review anywhere. Will be throwing the resin pads in the bin immediately and fitting EBC sintered for a bit more power anyway. Oh and pimping out with Goodridge hoses, in white to match my bike of course!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-Shimano-BR-BL-M446-M445-Hydraulic-Brake-set-Front-Rear-white?item=200730327678&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8510597458050208511

ride_whenever

They're fine, come oe on loads of bikes. Basic but functionally pretty good.

Keep the resin pads as they've got more power than the sintered ones, they're a lot less durable though!

Don't bother with the hosing, spend the money on better brakes.

nicklouse

ride_whenever wrote:

Don't bother with the hosing, spend the money on better brakes.

+ one.

cooldad

You won't get better performance with Goodridge hoses, just a thinner wallet.
And if you want powerful pads, stick with the resin, or get some Superstar kevlar if you want them to last longer. Sintered last better in lousy conditions but are harder and have slightly less stopping power.

steelie600

Okey dokes, you just saved me £30 Cheers guys, but will still get the hoses, cos im a bling whore! LOL

Paypal here we come WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPP

YeehaaMcgee

seriously, don;t bother with the hoses. They're not bling, they're just a marker of idiocy.

nicklouse

So at the vat and the import duty and the handling charge.

For some none Series brakes. And if you do add the hoses, even though they come with white then I would get a bleed kit as well.


Mad.

chez_m356

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

seriously, don;t bother with the hoses. They're not bling, they're just a marker of idiocy.

i would suggest you check his "univega build thread" out, in the your mountain bike section, before you criticise his decisions

steelie600

nicklouse wrote:

So at the vat and the import duty and the handling charge.

For some none Series brakes. And if you do add the hoses, even though they come with white then I would get a bleed kit as well.


Mad.

Nick, I hadnt spotted the white hoses!! I am officially a ding bat! Another £30 plus bleed kit saved! I love this place!!

Yehaa, Yes I am an idiot, check my sig!

And Chez, whats wrong with "Ralph"??? Yes ive called my bike Ralph!!

cooldad

+1 as pointless as a raw potato

cooldad

I can't wait for the Great Cruddy Brake Bake Off.

chez_m356

steelie600 wrote:

Yehaa, Yes I am an idiot, check my sig!

And Chez, whats wrong with "Ralph"??? Yes ive called my bike Ralph!!

was merely pointing out, people should have a look and see what your doing with "Ralph" before saying what you should and shouldn't do

steelie600

Fairysnuff!! LOL

YeehaaMcgee

chez_m356 wrote:

steelie600 wrote:

Yehaa, Yes I am an idiot, check my sig!

And Chez, whats wrong with "Ralph"??? Yes ive called my bike Ralph!!

was merely pointing out, people should have a look and see what your doing with "Ralph" before saying what you should and shouldn't do

I don't get it.

cooldad

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

YeehaaMcgee

cooldad wrote:

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

I definitely have not done that. In fact, I only woke up 10 minutes ago.

The Spiderman

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

seriously, don;t bother with the hoses. They're not bling, they're just a marker of idiocy.

What he said!

Cheap brakes,bling hoses.Just wrong.

The Rookie

+1, bling good brakes, not cheapies, if you want to spend more, get better brakes!