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My Formula The Wonks having given up the ghost [u]yet again[/u] in the wet yesterday (levers back to bars, then when they finally readjust, no power for the next 10 miles), I'm looking for some new "big" brakes.
So what are the Tech V2s like? I'm after something that Just. Works. (tm) and isn't going to boil or fade in the Alps or doing UK uplift days, but also will survive being ridden in the Peaks all year round, no matter what the weather without pads dissolving every 30 miles.
Avids are out. Formulas are (obviously) out. Never used Hayes. The Tech M4/X2 setup I have on my hardtail has been reasonably reliable, although I did manage to cook the front briefly at Church Stretton, on a steep, fast, longish DH with loads of walkers to avoid (lever pulled back to the bars, but was fine once it had cooled off).
I only weigh 10 stone, so although I like braking late and hard, I struggle to generate much heat, which might not be helping matters.
Have had all sorts of problems with Formula brakes my self and was thinking V2 as well. If there anything at all like the old M6 I had from Hope they will be brilliant.
Saints?
Gave up with Formula the ones and sold them.Pad wear and lack of spares drove me to it.
Running Avid Elixirs now(i know they are sort of the same) and find them excellent.Have a a set of XX aswell but they are still in the boxes.
boring old hayes nines are the coolest running brake i have ever had by a long long way.
never ever boiled them or had them fade, and have to work hard to get them hot!
easily survivied snowdon and the dyfi and more with only 160mm rotors.
also have shimano XTs in 180mm, and they seem to work better once theyve got a bit of heat in them.
all the hopes ive had have bee fade-tastic
when i built my "DH" bike, i bought Hayes 9s specifically because they didnt get hot (and i love the feel of them)