Avid Elixir 'feel'
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I'm not having much luck with SRAM products lately. First my X9 cranks break, now this.
Very poor show.0 -
You broke your cranks? Spider, I presume?
Yep, join the club, after pretty much everything SRAM either failing, or just being a crap design, they have become my nemesis.0 -
Well it is sram stuff
Seriously though I agree with yeehaa, shimano stuff is seriously good atm, I swear by kmc chains, but the rest is shimano. I know it works and other than their stupid cup and cone hubs, they have the market sewn up0 -
I agree everything else sram is junk. I'm fast switching my stock components to 10 speed shimano and it's just better.0
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YeehaaMcgee wrote:You broke your cranks? Spider, I presume?
Yep, join the club, after pretty much everything SRAM either failing, or just being a crap design, they have become my nemesis.
Oddly, drive side arm. It's developed a bit of a wobble, like it's coming un-stuck from the axle. 2 particular moments come to mind as to when I could have done it. First was cornering at high speed, went to put a turn of the pedals in, hit a little compression and absolutely slammed the pedal into the ground. Second was a really bad landing off a big tabletop, landed heavily leant to the left, all my weight would have gone through the drive side arm.
Both completely down to user error. Both were pretty big impacts, but I'd still have to question if a shimano crank would have suffered the same fate. I suspect not.
Cranks have always been one area where I'd always pick Shimano where possible though. (and now brakes
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I still prefer SRAM shifting though. 0
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:shock:Cat With No Tail wrote:I still prefer SRAM shifting though.0 -
Whilst I don't have a problem with SRAM shifting (although I prefer the feel of shimano - that's purely a matter of personal taste) - what I don't like is the lever shape, and the amount of throw needed to change down the sprockets. I've never been able to set up brake levers (Avid, Shimano, Hope or Hayes) and gear shifter so that I have one finger shifting - without having the thumb lever constantly jab me in my hand, or just being way out of reach. It was a real pain in the, well, hand, today at Blaenau, my thumb became quite sore.Cat With No Tail wrote:I still prefer SRAM shifting though.0 -
See, I've got mine set up exactly as I like them now. Which is why I'm reluctant to switch to shimano.
I can throw the lever enough to shift up 4 gears at a time if needs be, the brakes are in just the right position for good lever throw and 1 finger braking.
As you say though, it's all personal taste (and hand shape).0 -
My friend has some C2s and they're without a doubt the worst brakes I've ever tried.lawman wrote:supersonic wrote:More powerful than Hope, by a long way!
Was it not in a recent WMB brake mega-test that the race x2's evos tested more powerful than xt and xtr on the dyno? I do find this hard to believe personally.
Granted first gen tech and older hope brakes aren't massively powerful, but apparently they have improved with newer models. As for power, a set of xx world cup brakes I tried were like going back ten years, very poor given the price.
Bennett, the reason I stated that tri align was over-complicated was what does it do exactly other than add un-needed parts? yes its just a few washers, but what advantage does it give you over other systems?0 -
Cooldad, I had the same problem once with my Elixir R. I just got the bike out the shed one morning and there was no pad contact at all, honest to god I thought the world was going to end because I'd only had the brakes for a couple of days. I think it might have been a stuck down piston or something due to the brakes being new. I'm pretty sure I left it upside down for a bit then the brake came back and I haven't had any problems since (could have been air but I don't think it was).
Anyway, I had a Juicy 3 once and it was absolutely awful. Never ending problems and the pads just didn't adjust themselves at all. Staying away from anything below elixir's.
On the other hand, apart from the pre-described problem above I have had absolutely no other issues with my Elixir R's at all. Bleeding was a breeze (Much easier than bleeding some tektro aguria's, I hate having to bleed a brake without a screw in adaptor) modulation & power is fantastic too, even with the standard pads. Honestly I cant fault them.
I'll admit I haven't tried Shimano brakes though so I can't compare them. I'd like to give a pair a go.0
