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Post by sikora on Jul 6, 2008 14:40:52 GMT
The Juicy Carbon's were £180 at the time - before i spent the money elsewhere, but i'd be willing to spend a little more for the right setup.
08 XT brakes look tempting at £180, but not sure if i'd be better holding out for the 09 Saint's. They'd be over £200 though. Then again, so are the Hope's.
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Post by Rob on Jul 6, 2008 15:13:08 GMT
Iv always found Avid hard to beat especially the 7 and Carbon ones which have unbelievable stopping power, Avid now have the 08 model out which will mean the 07's dropping in price but for the new carbons at 160mm they are £139.99 separately or check out ebay and pick a full set of 08's for £199.95.
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Post by sikora on Jul 6, 2008 17:15:01 GMT
Having looked at the SRAM website, all the juicy range offers similar power, so if i'm finding the Juicy Three to be useless, the Carbon's - which i was going to buy last week, wont be any better
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Jez
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Post by Jez on Jul 6, 2008 19:26:47 GMT
Formula Oro's
K18's or K24's
have come top or well placed in most mag reviews in the last year.
I like 'em!
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Post by sikora on Jul 6, 2008 21:54:02 GMT
I heard Formula brakes are a little on the unreliable side.
Any problems with yours?
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Post by sikora on Jul 10, 2008 22:42:10 GMT
Changed my mind again  Bought an Avid bleed kit off eBay and bled my brakes.......... loads of air in them! Especially in the troublesome rear. Obviously the Bike Factory never did them like i asked. Ordered a 185mm rotor and adaptor today to try and give the brakes a little more power. If all works out well, i'll stick with the Juicy Three's |
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Post by ftasb on Jul 11, 2008 8:40:41 GMT
If you are a bit on the heavy side the mono mini might not have the stopping power, Ive got them on my SCOTT and they do lack a little in power when you need it I have the mono minis and i'm a bit on the heavy side! ;D I would agree that they did lack a bit of power with the rotors i had on my standard setup (185mm front, 163mm rear). BUT I've upgraded to some nice bling bling 203mm HOPE floating rotors front and rear. I really can't fault the setup now, it's perfect. |
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Post by sikora on Jul 11, 2008 19:34:39 GMT
 Fitted my new 185mm disc ;D Test run tomorrow hopfully Decided to put the money i had for the new brakes into my ISA. Hoping to start putting a bit away towards another bike  |
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Post by xybadog on Jul 11, 2008 20:07:19 GMT
Did you get the caliper adapter with the rotor Dan, or did you have to buy it separately?
Also, in your avatar picture, have you got a tyre on your wheel?
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Post by sikora on Jul 11, 2008 20:39:48 GMT
Had to buy the adaptor seperately. Yeah the tyre is on. Just looks small because the lens is close to the caliper, as well as the pic being resized for the avatar size  |
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Post by martinw on Jul 11, 2008 21:09:21 GMT
you should find it a lot better now with a bigger disc, and now that your brakes have been bled.
Let us know how you get on.
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Post by xybadog on Jul 11, 2008 21:12:57 GMT
Yeh, I'll defo be interested to find out if you see a difference. You should stop on a penny now you've bled them, seeing a there was so much air in there and the new rotor. But they did have a LOT of travel before any bite before hand.
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Post by kay2 on Aug 7, 2008 13:10:52 GMT
ive got hayes stokers on mined, never had any others so cant compare but they have good feel and scrub loads of speed off and im 16 stone, done llandegla twice now and no issues whatsoever
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Post by xybadog on Aug 7, 2008 17:39:09 GMT
I was looking at the Strokers on Merlin's site. They got 'em on offer.
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