Review | Shimano SLX M7120 4 pot power for pennies

March 19, 2020
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Andi bolted a pair of the Shimano SLX M7120 4 Pot brakes to a heavy eMTB and pointed it downhill to
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Andi is a gadget guru and mountain biker who has lived and ridden bikes in China and Spain before settling down in the Peak District to become Singletrack's social media expert. He is definitely more big travel fun than XC sufferer but his bike collection does include some rare hardtails - He's a collector and curator as well as a rider. Theory and practice in perfect balance with his inner chi, or something. As well as living life based on what he last read in a fortune cookie Andi likes nothing better than riding big travel bikes.

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10 thoughts on “Review | Shimano SLX M7120 4 pot power for pennies”

  3. Good review – not sure when £154.99 became pennies – I must be getting old.

    Was thinking much the same go be honest, seems quite a lot for som mid-range stoppers.

  6. @Andi – I’d settle for a 2 pot on the rear, I still am yet to be convinced I would need a 4 pot (or a disc larger than 180mm) on the rear.

    @honourablegeorge – that’s a much better price.

  7. Always been a Shimano man. None of this trendy SRAM nonsense. Got these 4-pot brakes on my Spectral, they are over-the-bars powerful, more reliable than a wood burning stove and they look sweet too. Never had an issue with the bite point either. Can’t get them to fade, even without the Ice-Tech pads and rotors.

  9. These came stock on my Ripmo AF SLX build.
    I was initially planning to replace them with a set of Saints from my other bike. I’m now a few hundred miles in and am sticking with the SLX – equally powerful as the Saints and absolutely no problem with bite point so far. The new lever design is sturdy – had a run-in with a tree lately and the lever took it without problems.
    The only thing that is annoying the hell out of me is the rattling noise coming from the new IceTech pads. The fins seem to be just a little bit longer and are rattling back and forth ever so slightly touching the caliper. I preyed open the spring which helped a bit, but you still hear them once the trail gets rough.

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