I've had enough of my Hayes Strokers - since they have had the piston doodah replaced in the levers, the feel has gone terrible - just wasted an afternoon trying to bleed them myself but they are seriously bad feeling - well bad feeling if you like short lever pull and solid feeling levers - these now feel more like Shinamo XT's with the servo-wave rubbish on them.
Feel is all wrong for me and I'm now not riding the bike as they are that bad - they stop me but I can't seem to get used to the new feel - had about 50 miles on them so not just a single ride.
Anyway, I'll be selling them soon and I'm interested in the Formula RX brakes - possible good deal on a set and I'm just wondering how people are getting on with them?
How does the lever feel? I'd like a very short throw but realise this might not be possible so I'd be more than happy with just a nice firm lever feel.
Apart from the 'new' lever 'feel' on the Hayes there are perfect but they just ain't working for me...so I'm hoping the Formula's are more likely to do the magic!
Cheers.
They come standard on a lot of Lapierre Zesty and X Control we've currently got in the shop, they feel very solid but if you're after a short lever throw then they're not the brakes for you. I'm the same and like a nice short throw and positive feel and have deduced i'll never get on with the RX. The lever feels very far away from the bar and although you can adjust this, all it achieves is to move the whole lever action closer to the bar, thus trapping your fingers.
Sorry to piss on your chips mate, best go for a pair of Hope X2s, i've just got a pair and they rule!
