Avids all OK
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moorey
call me Mia
LBS loves avid brakes. Keeps them very busy. :whistle:
yeah, i have heard about people having issues with elixirs. i don't seem to though.
i have some xx brakes (which i think are just fancy elixirs) on my xc race bike. i got the bike shop to install them a few years ago. other than a brake pad change, i haven't touched them since, and haven't had any problems. for that kind of bike, i do not find the power/modulation lacking, always seeming to have enough stopping power for my near-80kg with 160mm rotors.
having said that, over the last 2-3yrs, i have very rarely gone in any xc races, so the bike doesn't get used much.
maybe when i go to get the fluid replaced (it is pretty old and has probably absorbed some water), i better make sure i get someone who knows what they are doing to do it.
when i was off the bike(s) for a period of time (injury), my other bike with xtr brakes seemed to struggle in storage. with the bike just sitting there, the pads seemed to get contaminated. after i got back on the bike, i put up with it for a while, until i finally listened to my mates' advice (2 of them had their xt's do the same thing) and replaced the pads. other than that issue, i'd say the shimano brakes pretty much rule (power/modulation).
i have some xx brakes (which i think are just fancy elixirs) on my xc race bike. i got the bike shop to install them a few years ago. other than a brake pad change, i haven't touched them since, and haven't had any problems. for that kind of bike, i do not find the power/modulation lacking, always seeming to have enough stopping power for my near-80kg with 160mm rotors.
having said that, over the last 2-3yrs, i have very rarely gone in any xc races, so the bike doesn't get used much.
maybe when i go to get the fluid replaced (it is pretty old and has probably absorbed some water), i better make sure i get someone who knows what they are doing to do it.
when i was off the bike(s) for a period of time (injury), my other bike with xtr brakes seemed to struggle in storage. with the bike just sitting there, the pads seemed to get contaminated. after i got back on the bike, i put up with it for a while, until i finally listened to my mates' advice (2 of them had their xt's do the same thing) and replaced the pads. other than that issue, i'd say the shimano brakes pretty much rule (power/modulation).
treble
Likes Dirt
Yeah, Because bike shops are shining beacons of unbiased opinion... :whistle:
silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
My 2011 Avid CR's work fine. So do my 2013 XT's. But I know which I prefer to work on.
Frankly, having recently watched the LBS install some new XO levers on a customers bike...most of the trouble with Avids may well be LBS mechanics. Bleed technique was 'random' and the DOT4 was cloudier than a muddy puddle....
At least Shimano designed their brake maintenance techniques so they could be implemented successfully even by drunken idiots. Or bike shop mechanics.
Frankly, having recently watched the LBS install some new XO levers on a customers bike...most of the trouble with Avids may well be LBS mechanics. Bleed technique was 'random' and the DOT4 was cloudier than a muddy puddle....
At least Shimano designed their brake maintenance techniques so they could be implemented successfully even by drunken idiots. Or bike shop mechanics.