PSA: XT M785 Brakes

DebZ, £22.49 at Pedal-On, go on!!

Thanks DezB for the fitting instructions!!

I now have lovely shiny-ness fitted 😀

Anyone put more oil in without the oil funnel ?

Cancelled my order earlier this week as I called them and they told me they had no idea when they would be back in stock

SLX it is then, had been eyeing K18’s for a while but get the impression these will be better, cheers OP

are rose the cheapest place for the 6 bolt ice-tech rotors?

I ordered the black ones and it says on the site 1 week back order but my account says shipped on back order and then the date 16/09/11 not sure what’s going on?

Give them an email, sounds like they have processed your order and will ship as soon as stock is in.

Didn’t realise, until I fiddled about (then read the instructions), you can take out old pads and load new pads (from the top) without having to take the wheel off, brilliant.

Just like old shimano ones then ! (Rolls eyes)

😳 I’ve had two sets of xt shimano brakes over 7 years, never realised, I’ve always put them in from the other direction, after taking the wheel off.

Anyone have trouble with their hope floating rotors rubbing on the caliper slightly?

when you like them on Facebook, where does the voucher go to?

bump?

I’ve used my voucher twice. makes cheap items very cheap!

As dirty rider has asked, would like to order but unsure about the voucher, I have the code ready to use

I had problems with the Facebook voucher so brought slx and rt76 discs without discout, fitted but yet to have my first ride.

Excellent price & service, can’t go wrong!

I had problems with my voucher too so I ordered anyway and put sent them an email to say the app wasn’t working. They emailed back to say try again and the app worked but when I sent them the code it had been used a week before so I didn’t get it.
I was ordering XT trail pedals not the brakes so without the discount the price wasn’t so good. 😥 Did get a nice mug though

my brakes are now saying ‘The goods are currently prepared for shipping.’
anyone any idea how long shipping normally takes?
off to Scotland at the weekend and would love to test them out there.
cheers

Hi folks. Just ordered a set of black m785 xt brakes (in stock again now). Paid for them with paypal and somehow have ony paid £105 rather than £135. Not sure if its to do with currency conversion. Anyway give it a go. Seems to work out cheaper – BARGAIN!!!

^ Have you had an email from Rose to confirm the order? I think it might be a glitch with their website, as it’s trying to bill you €118. When you check your order history there’s no record of it being placed.

Ended up going fot the XT’s last week, just had an email saying they’d been shippeed 8)

Got a spare rt76 180mm disc if anyone needs one

I contacted them and they said the order has gone through ok. The order didn’t appear on my account yesterday but has today and i have deffinitely only paid £105 through paypal. My account says the order is being prepared for shipping today

Oli

deffo something happening with the currency conversion

just paid £113 for 2x ice-tec 6 bolt rotors and a pair of M985 trail pedals

cheap cheap

XTR Trail brakes come out at £222 quid or so, i paid £277 last month

Just ordered a set of black m785 xt brakes (in stock again now). Paid for them with paypal and somehow have ony paid £105 rather than £135.

Me too. 😀

Always keen to point out a good deal

I ordered some too (thanks obg) and was also charged £105 from Paypal. Order appeared on Rose bikes account the next day, after I’d contacted them to ask where it was. Email this morning from customer services said they’d be dispatched tomorrow. Hopefully before too many people take advantage and they realise their mistake…

Yup, looks like things are even cheaper than before! I’d been holding off buying the xt brakes, partly because I couldnt decide what colour I wanted.

Just picked up a set of xtr m988 trail brakes with finned pads for £222 delivered, bargain!

i have liked their facebook page – where do i get the discount code?

Are these brakes still available?

Can’t see any in stock.. 😐

i like them on face book -w here do i get the voucher?

Mine (black) have just arrived. No mug or bowl but a beer mat…

Anyone know how to bleed these? do i need the funnel thing? Re changing hoses over and shortening them – is it a case of pump pistons out a bit, undo bolts and swap over, then push pistons back in?

Anyone up for selling a pair. Maybe you got caught up in the frenzy and dont actually need them? 😉

Send me an email @ worldeliteAThotmailDOTcom

cruzheckler, after reading the shimano docs I think the bleed funnel is nice to have but you can do it without, but the funell shouddl help get the last bubbles out, so may be a bit squishy if you haveno funnel. Not messed with mine yet since shortening hoses, back is def. squishier than front, but both are like dropping a big anchor.

Ok so I got these, and theyre great but I must’ve fluffed getting the seal right on the front as when I turn the bike upside down I lose fluid and then the front stops working. So I’ll try again but need more fluid, do I need that yellow hopper or can they be bled just using a bottle?

So Rose are now out of stock. Can anyone recommend anywhere else I can get these brakes without paying twice the Rosebikes price?

Superfical
If you mean the XT brakes, the Black version (as pictured) are still available 22.56pm 06/10/2011. Go back to each brake, front and back, click on colour, change to black (from silver), status changes to available.

They are excellent, black looks good, there are pics of the black version in the thread somewhere, I posted a pic of mine for sure. The black bits are the levers and part of the body, the reservoir cap is still silver/chrome.

Good Luck

I want the black ones anyway, but Rose don’t have them in stock. I emailed them 19th Sept and they confirmed that they had no more front brakes in either colour (at that time they still had rear brakes in stock), and wouldn’t be getting any more stock until early 2012.

Now it just says ‘article in 1 week available’. Underneath it says ‘article available in biketown’ which refers to their physical shop but I don’t think you can order them.