Evans Cycles (aka Sports Direct) have SLX M7100 brakes at £60 an end, plus £5 P&P.
Evans don't have the best reputation but for £55 cheaper than anywhere else I thought I'd take a punt
That looks a great price for a great set of brakes!
I think I paid £130 from Merlin in November for a set, brown boxed oem.
Thanks! Just what I was looking for to finish a bike.
Just ordered a set, thanks. My Giant Fathom HT currently has MT401’s on it, easy swop ? I have internal routing…
They also have XT cranks in stock for £80, including 170 and 165mm lengths!
Thanks! Just ordered a pair for my old Stumpjumper. The levers on the Elixirs it came with are wrecked.
Will be interesting to see if they actually turn up, at that price!
Ta! Ordered some for the ebike
gotta be better than the SRAM Guides that are on it now
Shame those cranks are 55mm chainlines, bloody good prices there.
Apparently they've been shipped! For some reason it looks like they were packed & shipped a day apart, but I don't really care about that, so long as they arrive!
First new proper bike stuff for ages, so quite excited about this! Just hope the current post-mount adaptors that I have got work OK with the calipers!
Thanks for sharing - was needing a set of brakes, these are ideal.
Also spotted SLX M7120 cranks for £60 in 165 and 170 lengths, 55mm chainline, but resisted. Might suit someone else though: https://www.evanscycles.com/brand/shimano/slx-fc-m7120-crank-set-without-ring-712362#colcode=71236211
It the 55mm chainline 'boost'?
It the 55mm chainline ‘boost’?
I believe so, yes.
Strangely they've processed my rear brake but not the front one, despite being part of the same order. Hope I get both as non-matching brakes are a big no-no.
Also cheap Xt 12 speed front mechs and left hand shifters. Lol.
55mm is 148 boost.
Some discounted 29” tyres on there too -£30 spec 2.6s
It says the cranks only compatible with 12 speed chainrings??
a11y
Strangely they’ve processed my rear brake but not the front one, despite being part of the same order. Hope I get both as non-matching brakes are a big no-no.
This is what happened to me. Weird.
But then a couple of days later I had confirmation the other brake had been processed. I've had two lots of shipping updates with different tracking numbers & it looks like both are being delivered today.
I'll update once they(or it) arrive(s)!
I got my rear already. Front on the way apparently.
It says the cranks only compatible with 12 speed chainrings??
Well they only work with chainrings that are compatible with the new shimano direct mount method
That doesn't specifically make them 12 speed only, but I'm not aware of any aftermarket 11 speed rings that fit (not that I've looked really)
I guess you could get one of these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002925109470.html and use whatever chainring you want
I got my rear already. Front on the way apparently.
Are they in OEM packaging or retail? Bled and pads included?
Retail I think? Big blue box. Calliper connected to cable but lever separate. Pads included. In a sort of semi-bled state ready to be trimmed with rubber covers over cable holes. Small bag with pad spacer, bolts and cable insert thing.
Great, thank you - will see if they have any left.
OK taken a punt on the cranks as I was after some 165s
cheapest I could find a chainring was here https://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-cranksets-and-chainrings/shimano-slx-m7100-m7130-single-chainring-12-speed/12709116.html
so £95 delivered for the lot which was quite good, considering the world we live in and cheaper than RF aeffects which are same weight & pretty bombproof
Other that the link to an adapter from aliexpress, or the Shimano original rings, who makes aftermarket rings for these direct mount cranks?
Ian
Mine arrived too. Separate deliveries as well. Retail boxes and made in Japan to boot. Happy with that.
Just need the rest of the bike now - come on Cotic!
Ta, and handy as I ****ted my rear brake yesterday.
Yeah, good PSA, and as I also ****ted my brakes (and little finger) last week, needed some!
Brakes have arrived! 2 packages, but delivered at the same time.
Same as above; they are retail packaging with the lever separate from the hose & caliper.
They look sweeeeeet! Can't wait to get them fitted!!
So ... those cranksets ... are they compatible with HT2 BB's? And what does the 55mm chainline mean? I know it means boost, I have non boost wheels spacered out in a boost frame, will that crankset work with those or will the chain line be too far outwards?
Yes, it uses the same bb, the 55mm chainline seems to be what the bike industry is pushing us towards whether we like it or not, some new frames won't allow room for 52mm chainline, it's just making frame designers jobs easier and gives better clearance for fatter tyres, even though I suspect the majority of riders are happy with 2.4 tyres, personally I think 55mm is crap for 148mm boost rear so a 142mm with 3mm boost adapters either side might be noisy,shift worse and wear out quicker.
Considering super boost 157mm uses a 56.5mm chainline whilst pushing the cassette 4.5mm more outboard, 55mm for 148mm seems a bizzare choice.
m7120 or m8120 are 55mm, m7100 or m8100 are 52mm, boost originally was 53mm pre 12sp.
Chainline is the distance from chainring to centre of the bb shell. If that's what your question was.
@woodlikesbikes - magic PSA, thanks fella
I finally ordered this morning, as a terrifying ride on the fat bike (least used) that has ancient and basically completely ineffective 'spare' brakes on it was enough to push me over the edge!
Good PSA - I've had an eye out for a while for a deal on a set of brakes for a while to replace an old pair of Deore M486's on the Singlespeed (the Deores cost £15 an end back in 2013 so owe me nothing and are being kept as spares).
Like others, they arrived in two separate shipments (one day apart) in proper retail packaging and are rather lovely objects.
I got them fitted, the hose routing beautifully optimised etc, bled and ready to roll except to find that the front caliper pees oil everywhere - appears to have a leaking piston seal - thankfully found when given a final check to make sure that the bleed was successful before taking the bleed block out and installing pads. A replacement brake has been ordered and this set are going back to Evans - so fingers crossed that Evans's customer service is not a painful experience.
Do they need much of a bleed after fitting ? Got mine yesterday and will hopefully pop them on tomorrow
Not fitted minde yet but I picked up some 6100 brakes this time last year which were a similar setup. The worked pretty well straight out the box. Did a lever bleed after a few rides which just formed them up a little.
They appear to be full of oil, albeit it the hose is not connected to the lever and if you're careful and lucky you might be able to assemble them without much air getting in the system.
I didn't even both trying to get away without bleeding them though, as whilst fitting them is the perfect time to do it, you then know they're right and it only takes 5 mins an end.
You can fit them without bleeding, though I did a quick lever only bleed on mine
Slip rubber boot on cable
Cut cable
Put barb in
Remove yellow thing from lever and push cable in (olive already in there)
Tighten up
Then remove the plastic thing that stops you pressing lever.
I've fitted my lever to the bar but there's a support part that rests against the grip which in turn pushes my gear shifter too far over when sitting next to the clamp. It makes the shifters pretty unworkable and cramped under the lever. Am I being daft or is there a way around this?
Aren’t they i-spec levers? So you should be able to use a common clamp for brakes and shifter
@gordon what shifter have you got? You can get brackets to mount the shifter directly to the brake clamp to tidy it all up. The brakes are I-spec EV so you may need an adapter depending on your shifter. Wolftooth do a range. Otherwise some shifters allow you to move the shifter body left/right on the band so check to see if your can. Or could you mount the shifter further outboard with its clamp between the brake clamp and the support?
Thanks for the replies. 2010 Deore m6100 I think. I had a look at putting the shifter between the clamp and support but the shifter housing is too big. There's no adjustment on the shifters so I'll have a look at those adapters. Cheers.
Argghh… how come I can only find one half of the little yellow hose holder for barb installation in my toolbox.. 🙄
Ordered and will regroup later in the week !
@gordon, that’s a shame. If it is a 2010 vintage then there isn’t an adapter as the shifter clamp cannot be removed. Probably best to get a new shifter that will fit the I-spec EV. The SL-M4100 is available for <£30 if you are 10-speed.
Thanks ginkster, damn, those cheap brakes aren't so cheap anymore!
I've not fitted these yet & am now a bit concerned. I did notice the clamp looked non-conventional (i.e, a straight forward split-band style clamp).
Are these gonna play nicely with my 10 year old 3x9 shifters, or be an absolute pain in the arse? Do I need to fit them to find out? Maybe it's a case of them being OK with some set-ups & not others? I don't want to fit them & then realise I can't get them set-up how I want them.
I looked on the website description & couldn't see anything that describes the clamp type so assumed they were just normal clamps, rather than this i-spec EV mumbo jumbo....
