PSA: XT M785 Brakes

Silver ones at Merlin for £180 (use EXTRA10 at checkout) including rotors?

Stock update:

Both the Silver and the Black ones are now back in stock at Rose.
Same price as previously.

Ordered mine for my new build yesterday 😀

Ordered mine from rose last Monday. Said out of stock but ordered anyway. Posted today.

Thanks for the update – was about to pull the trigger on the Merlin ones but you just saved me £60!

Couple of questions on these if I may…

Is the short lever long enough for X0 twisties? Don’t have much option on inboard/outboard 🙂

I have Hope ISO > Postmount adaptors for my disk size (185/160) – should these work OK? No big deal if they don’t I suppose, but it’d be nice to order all at once.

Is the short lever long enough for X0 twisties? Don’t have much option on inboard/outboard

Can’t see why no, there nothing inboard of your grip is there, and most people run their brakes 2″+ away from their grips now.

I have Hope ISO > Postmount adaptors for my disk size (185/160) – should these work OK? No big deal if they don’t I suppose, but it’d be nice to order all at once.

Seems to be random, I’ve got a +20mm addapter form somewhere thats nearer +30mm so puts callipers way too high, but most combinations I’ve tried seem to work.

Can someone please explain to me exactly how to get this £10 facebook voucher?

You need apps to work I think so may depend on how you connect to Facebook.

I did it on a normal PC, friended them and an app popped up with a code.
I’ve cut’n’pasted this out to a txt file but I’ve yet to use it in anger

It took a while for me to find it.

“Like” them on Facebook, then go to their page. In the left hand column, click where it says ‘Gutschein’ (google tells me this translates to ‘Voucher’ – makes sense). Click OK to add the app, it’ll give you a code. Worked well for me.

Is it a one time use?

I ordered a set of brakes with ice tech rotors on Wednesday evening and the website still says processing. Everything said it was in stock when I ordered, is this normal or are they not going to turn up for a while?

I got an email saying mine were dispatched this morning (I ordered black ones on Thursday last week).

Mine arrived yesterday. Ca

me with the finned pads too. Should think any one else who’s waiting won’t have to for long.

Are most people running shifters inboard or outboard of these brakes?

outboard

Are the levers not too short?

That DHL tracker thing has me hypnotised. Can’t remember the last time I watched a parcel so closely.

They’re almost here if anybody’s interested

APF

I’ve always run my levers really far inboard, I had a right pain getting mine set up correct with dropper lever on LH side, even with XTR shifters that can be adjusted sidewyas, Ive now got one lever outboard and one inboard, but it works for me 😛

My rear brake arrived yesterday, still waiting for front.
Came with those finned pads too, which I wasn’t expecting. They’ll have to go back in the parts bin until holiday time methinks. Superstar sintered ordered.

oops read it wrong – brakes closest to grips

Are the finned pads a bit soft for winter? Is worth getting sintered like Ecky-Thump is doing and saving these til spring.

Possibly, I would imagine it’s more the fact that it’s unlikely you’ll need the cooling fins in the cold winter… Might as well save them until the spring/summer. Perhaps by then, Superstar will be making finned pads. Who knows.

Not XT brakes, however ordered some deores from rose bikes and have also been tracking the progress intently.

Mine arrived this morning, just got to find time to fit ’em now.

APF

Just playing around trying to get good positioning with the shifters. That’s definately harder than with the old XTs 😕
The old XTs mounted really well as brake>slx shifter>an inch of bar>grip
But I haven’t managed to get these new ones comfortable yet as the brake sits where the shifter should be. Neither position on the SLX clamp feels “right”.
Next step will be to experiment with swapping the shifter clamps over between L & R and reversing them. (Anybody tried this?) Shifter mounts inboard of brakes!!! Oh the shame 😯

ds3000 – can you let us know how you get on with the Deores? I’m very very tempted by those.

CRC have got the bleed funnels in stock now. £4.

Shifter mounts inboard of brakes!!! Oh the shame

Eh? Surely that’s the only way to have em? Or do you use 2 fingers on your brakes or something?

Anyone know if these brakes work with/fit the hope saw floating rotors?

julians,
I don’t know about Hope ones but they work fine with Superstar floating rotors. Tips of the ally spider are extremely close to the caliper but they do fit.

Superficial,
I think you’ve misunderstood. Inboard = towards the stem.
I ran the old XTs with Shifters outboard.
i.e. brake lever > shifter clamp > an inch of bare bar > grips. This was great for single finger braking.

The issue I had with the new XTs was that the shorter brake lever necessitated bringing the lever further out to where the shifter clamp needed to be. Working around that, neither position on the adjustable SLX shifter clamp felt right.
I’ve found the solution for the new XTs now: Remove the shifter mounts from the shifter bodies on both sides and swap mounts over, refitting them so the mounts point outward rather than inward. This allows the mount to sit inboard of the brake lever but with the shifter body/levers remaining close to the grip.
i.e. reversed clamp > brake lever > an inch of bar > grip.

Ecky – sounds interesting. Needs a picture I reckon.

Anyone know if there are any matchmaker style clamps that work with shimano brakes and sram shifters?

Hope floaters do fit but only just!

I have 160s fitted and there work fine.

thebunk,
Quick diagram of what I mean.
Brakes in green, shifters in black.
Net result is that you can maintain same positioning of shifter lever and body by swapping the LH clamp to the RH shifter and viceversa (for SLX and above anyway).

I didn’t have much trouble at all with fitting. The brakes are super powerful, so you definitely only need 1 finger braking. There’s also lots of reach and bite point adjustment. Everything stacks together nicely, I can brake and use the shifters all at the same time in theory. Was in the Pyrenees a few weeks ago and they were brill.

That looks like you’d shift down every time you squeezed the brake…

Resurrecting the thread, just got a set of 2012 SLX’s for total of £69!! Much Rose cheapness – voucher from FB and Brakes reduced to £35/38 each end. Woot!

thats great

Sorry – 2011 SLX, not ’12. Still happy with ’em 🙂

Pyro, that voucher available to everyone? How do you get it?

Edit: And are the levers the wrong way around? Easy job to fix to UK style?

Yeah, certainly is! Go to the RoseBikes facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/#!/RoseBikes), Hit ‘Like’ and then go to the link on the left of their page marked ‘Gutschein’ (Voucher in German)

It gets you to add a wee app to your FB page but then gives you a voucher code that’s good for a tenner off (ten POUNDS not ten EURO as I think it was previously). Worked fine for me, I think some people’d had issues but worked nae wuckas.

Edit: Aye – brakes will be Euro way round so I’ll have to swap them. But couldn’t turn that saving down, since it’s half what Merlin are charging for the same!)

Cheers Pyro!