I bought my sister a very sexual Cube Access SL with Formula Oro brakes. As I’m having them (!), I need to buy her some replacements. She’s only about 9 stone so doesn’t need anything awesome but she will take the bike away with her to Spain so lack of maintenance could be the key.

Can’t really afford to spend more than £100 for both.

I have been thinking of:

Avid BB5
Hayes El Camino (cheap on CRC)
Hayes 9s

Any other ideas?

Second hand?

Hayes 9 are £100/pair on merlin
How much are avid juicy 3’s on CRC?

The Quad hydro’s are £50 an end at GoOutdoors. No experence but that was a good writeup in a mag a wee bit back.

I got some Hayes 9s off the classifieds for just under £40 (full bike) i think it was

If you wanted to spend 106 pounds you could get two BB7 brakes from Evans Cycles,but i don’t know if they charge for postage if you spend over a certain amount or not. I quite like my BB7 brakes,and I weight 12 stone,that’s with using full metal jacket outers though,but they might not be needed for your sister. If you could spend about 130 pounds that would cover the full metal jacket outers though.

got some hayes stroker trail with rotors and everythig you will need for 100 posted.better than the 9’s by far

Hayes stroker trail with rotors for £100? Where are these?!

interesting…

I would avoid hydro’s for your sis – service will be a faff.

I have a front cable XT on the commuter – its not let me down. Unlike my juicy threes…

These should fit the bill and will be no maintenance.

these look cheap:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=28846

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=28847

Front and rear hayes 9 for £80 total…

Also these:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=31350

For cable goodness.

Got some Hayes sole discs brakes rear as new, front is new, 160mm rotors inc bolts etc. Some bloke claimed he was having them but hasn’t paid yet

yours for £45 posted.

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Dave

deore. £50 each. ace.

nutty squirrel there mine second hand for sale.should have said 🙂

Sorry for the late reply here, been a bit busy (on the bike, honest!). Went for dmiller’s suggestion in the end. Thanks bud. All comments were appreciated, as always.

edit – wrong post, nothing to see here…

£20 quid over budget, but I would have considered these:

Shimano SLX

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=28021

Deore, end of.

My juicy 3s have been as good if not better than my juicy 7s – bought secondhand for £60 the pair and you should still be able to get similar deals to that.

M545 cable disc brakes.

There were some hayes 9 on CRC for £35 an end.

I’ve got a pair of LXs from Merlin for £105 and they’re great brakes. Unfortunately I think that they’ve upped the price of the 6 bolt option, if she’s got Centerlock hubs though it’ll still be £105. 180mm on the front might be unnecessary at 9 stone though.

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And I’ve just noticed that they’re sold out.