Shimano LX or Avid Juicy 3 discs?

Nickswolves

I have decided my first upgrade for Rockhopper will be disc brakes. My budget of œ125 will buy me either Avid Juicy 3 or Shimano LX complete front and rear sets.

Any opinions on which are best?

Also, being a novice, are these relatively easy to fit from the box?

Cheers

Big Red S

LX quite happily. Better lever shape IMO, better parts availability and more reliable.

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flyingmonkeycorps

Although have a look on Wiggle, they had XT full sets for about $130 iirc

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Big Red S

That's about œ80, isn't it?

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flyingmonkeycorps

That was meant to be a œ. My apologies! Clicky here, œ125.09

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Nickswolves

I was leaning towards Shimano, as most of what they do is good quality and never had probs getting shimano parts before.

what about the fitment myself, given a novice? Bike is fully disc ready, need the 6 bolt rotors i know that much ha ha, but could I do it myself with some destructions from box??

flyingmonkeycorps

As long as they come pre bled you should be fine. Fitting the callipers and rotors is easy enough, just make sure you cable tie all the hoses to your frame nice and neatly!

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Nickswolves

Think I could manage that - They are pre-bled and there are plenty of guides on Rockhopper also. Cheers.

Nickswolves

Forgot to say thats bloody cheap for XT - Wonder if they come with adaptor to fit post mount on my manitou forks then?! Will email Wiggle.

I assume as pre-bled its just case of fitting and thats it? Sorry mong alert, not done this before!!

schmako

I think my LX's are great, they're just needing bled now after two years of perfect performance.

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Tom_14

don't know if this is still of use, but ive got avid juciy 3's on my rockhopper and im loving them, very nice although if i could i would upgrade to juicy 5's as of the bigger rotor size as im a big guy, but money is a limitation and ive just gone and bent the rotor from crashing on devils dyke, so not happy, but they're a good brake if stopping power is what you want

--Euan--

LX's. The Juicy 3's are OEM, therefore spares hard to find etc.

euan_333

I'd advise getting your gears set up well, then think about whether you wan't to upgrade them or not. For buying discs - getting Juicy 5's or Hayes 9 etc will be alot more worthwhile as the leap in perfomance from the 3's will be quite large.

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joshleb

The Avid 3s have no warranty either though do they!?!

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don't know if this is still of use, but ive got avid juciy 3's on my rockhopper and im loving them, very nice although if i could i would upgrade to juicy 5's as of the bigger rotor size as im a big guy, but money is a limitation and ive just gone and bent the rotor from crashing on devils dyke, so not happy, but they're a good brake if stopping power is what you want
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I have an 06 rockhopper with Juicy 5's, and just bought a new G2 rotor for the front along with a new post adaptor from my LBS. Take the caliper off, swap the mounting bracket and dsic and hey presto! 20% more stopping power up front for about œ30. I could have even gone to 205mm if I'd wanted to but I don't think my fork is designed for that much POWER!