Avid BB7s.Unless cable brakes aren't cool enough.
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Reliable fade-free brakes for fat riders - suggestions
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Posted 11 months ago #
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Re Avid BB7's for a complete brakeset they aren't as cheap as you'd expect are they?
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You have 3 choices
Magura Louise
Magura Marta
Magura GustavGustav will blow your mind and your wallet
Marta are light and fade free
Louise are somwhere in between, but still more power than most will ever needI have 4 sets of Louises
I was sold on Magura when I first tried then 5 years ago. And that set is still running perfectly.
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Why do Magura! persist! with the use of exclamation marks?
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hope v2
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I weigh 100kg and use Hope M4 front and back, specifically, 203mm front, 160mm rear
Phenolic pistons not aluminium ones
Floating discs
Synthetic 5.1 Stendec brake fluid. (This made the greatest difference.Ridden in the Alps and over here without any problems... and you can get the pads anywhere as they are the same as shimano's
HTH
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Re Avid BB7's for a complete brakeset they aren't as cheap as you'd expect are they?
last brand new set i bought were £39 an end,came with adaptors for I.S. and post and rotors, i'd say that were cheap
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Rocketdog, how long ago though? They all seem circa 50quid each end now.
Posted 11 months ago # -
Rocketdog, how long ago though? They all seem circa 50quid each end now.
er, now? scroll down for 185mmhttp://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/BCAVBB7/avid-bb7-mechanical-disc-brake-(mtb)
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I've got a set of Mono M4s for sale & a mate is splitting a bike next week - he'll have a set of V2s with floating discs for £200ish.
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I saw that last night but how much are the calipers/adaptors ontop?
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RD - you need levers and cables on top of that
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Got to fit a new BB tonight fella. Got my hammer ready and everyfink. If you fancy a pint later though, I'll probably need one. As will my bike. Think I'll take it for a local, pub-based jaunt to check everything's working. Or not
Riding the Clywdd's Saturday and Sunday
Hora go for some Avid Elixers. They stop me fine. I think Merlin have got some good deals on those at the moment
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The problem with Avid is that whilst they are good when they are working, they seem to not work more often than most.....
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I've never liked N.Wales. I'm riding Ladybower tonight if your interested?
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You've never liked North Wales? Is that because of the 'incident' with the Welsh Male Voice Choir, the Miners lamp and the tub of grease.
I promise I won't let them do that to you again
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Any V brake lever and a brake cable you can get from wilkos for the 99p, surely everyone has an old v brake cable lever un their old parts bin?
BB7s have always been reliable for me
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Have you seen that wiggle have saints in the sale at the moment, levers are £80 for pair with hoses and oil and calipers are £70 each.
Not exactly cheap but a good saving on retail.
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Currently liking my BB7s, as good or near as dammit to any hydraulics I've used, although I'm still experimenting with pads that don't screech in the wet.
Isn't fade down to pad compound though, unless the BB7 calliper transmits significantly more heat away from the pad then its not going to solve anything is it?
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Isn't fade down to pad compound though
Caused by: friction fade, mechanical fade, or fluid fade says wikipaedo
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