i bought a pair of Magura Martas recently and have ridden with them a couple of times on the local heath (for a grand total of lets say two hours) and done two peaks night rides in the wet (total of lets say 5 hours).
First complaint is the front brake had to be upgraded to a 203mm because of some IS/Post problems. Since the upgrade the brake sqeaks and squaks (like the pads are contaminated a lil bit)…but its not possible! Feels like it might be due to the bigger rotor size, the brake is never that powerful. It’s not possible to face the mount…because there is an IS mount involved, which should eliminate any shreiking or judder.
They are pretty easy to bleed (and i had to do so after a hose chop). After two weeks the brakes already feel like they could do with another bleed, this seems to be a common complaint on MTBR. Thats really annoying…i’m not a big fan of messing around with brake fluid every 2 weeks.
The brakes also suffer terribly in the peaks in the wet and sand. Firstly there is nearly no power in the wet…i don’t know if its possible to fit better pads (but i think there might be an issue with Magura and sintered)and secondly the pads are nearly gone already 🙁
At £13 a pop for pads thats going to be an expensife hobby. Thats coming from someone who used to make shimano pads last an eternity.
Not terribly pleased…anyone got any advice? What about differnet brands of organic pads?