Brakes

Samc1234567890

Hi, Looking for the best hydraulic brakes i can get for £100 not bothered if they're new or not as long as the work can anyone recommend some good makes ?

rockmonkeysc

Shimano SLX, around £100 new if you shop around. You won't get any better unless you double your budget.

njee20

Agreed

JohnBurt

Or
Shimano Deore Disc Brake BR-M615 Set £78.78 from bike-discount.de, cracking value full retail stuff in the box.

Chunkers1980

But prob euro

WindyG

Go with the SLX, my wife has them on her bike and I wish I had them on mine compared to the Avid's I have at the moment.

rockmonkeysc

JohnBurt wrote:

Or
Shimano Deore Disc Brake BR-M615 Set £78.78 from bike-discount.de, cracking value full retail stuff in the box.

They come with the levers around the wrong way but unless you have an XXXL size frame you will need to cut down the hoses anyway.
I got a set of Deores from bike-discount.de in May for £65 while they were reduced.

lawman

Missed a cracking deal the other day, Rose had XTR Trails for £75 each!! :shock: I imagine they sold out pretty damn quick at that price!!

declan1

SLX front and rear on Merlin for £109

http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/m ... r-set.html

Or Deores for £80
http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/m ... r-set.html

Both great brakesets. I have the Deores myself and couldn't ask for more. Just don't go for Avid brakes - I'm probably starting an argument here but I think the feel at the lever is rubbish and they look stupid.

rockmonkeysc

I went from Avid X0 to Deores.
The deores are more powerful, have a nicer feel and are more reliable and easier to bleed. They are heavier but at a quater of the price of the X0 I wont complain.

Samc1234567890

They come with the levers around the wrong" way but unless you have an XXXL size frame you will need to cut down the hoses anyway.
I got a set of Deores from bike-discount.de in May for £65 while they were reduced.[/quote]

What do you mean the levers were round the wrong way sorry if that was a stupid question

rockmonkeysc

Left lever operates the front instead of the usual set up where the right operates the front.
You can't just fit the levers upside down, they wont work.
You need to disconnect the hoses, shorten them to suit your frame then reconnect them to the correct levers and bleed the brakes. If you need to shorten the hoses anyway its no more work.

Samc1234567890

Thanks for explaining it helped, can you tell me if this is all i need for the braking ?
SHIMANO Disc Rotor SLX SM-RT66S 160mm 6-bolt - For the rear
SHIMANO Disc Rotor SLX SM-RT66M 180mm 6-bolt - For the front
SHIMANO Adaptor SM-MA-F180P/P2 front 180mm post mount -
SHIMANO Adaptor SM-MA-R160P/S rear 160mm post mount
SHIMANO Deore Disc Brake BR-M615 Set
Or am i missing anything, thanks for the help

The Rookie

As long as both your mountings are post mount, common on forks but frames tend to be IS.

You can just use whatever your existing discs are and the adapters anyway (?).

rockmonkeysc

That should do the job but I wouldn't bother replacing the discs unless they are worn and unless you are changing to different size discs you don't need new adaptors.

Samc1234567890

The are no previous discs its a bike i have been building up from scratch how do i tell whether the rear is a post mount or IS ?

rockmonkeysc

Samc1234567890 wrote:

The are no previous discs its a bike i have been building up from scratch how do i tell whether the rear is a post mount or IS ?

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