OreoCookie
Maximum Pace
- Dec 2, 2017
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I recently bought a new bike off of a friend of @andywood's. The bike is great, but — and this is not a complaint — the seller took off XTR brakes and put on the brakes the bike originally came with, Avid DB1s. (I would have paid extra for the XTR brakes, but as we say in German, "I'm complaining at a very, very high level." (= I'm super nit picky). Since the rest of the components are high-end (XTR groupset, top-end XC fork) and the levers don't really agree with my fingers (there is too much resistance up until the brakes bite, not used to that), I'm looking into replacing the brakes. The other reason is that the rear brake hose is way too long, and I'd have it shortened. It literally makes an additional loop, which isn't safe when I go into the woods in a few weeks.
Do you have any advice? I'd have a tiny preference for SRAM brakes since then I could use the same DOT fluid and perhaps the same bleed kit as for my road bike. (I just gave a liter of Shimano brake oil and a bleed kit away … ) On the other hand, I know that if I went for SLX or XT brakes, I couldn't go wrong. After a little bit of research, I was thinking of SRAM G2 R or RS or the aforementioned Shimano SLX or XT. On paper (and without proper experience) SRAM brakes seem to be much more adjustable. In my experience (with 10-year-old Shimano tech, admittedly), Shimano's adjustment screw does nothing here. If money were no object, I'd definitely go for Hope XCR Pro X2, these are just pieces of CNC art. But I can't justify that, otherwise, I start replacing other parts like, hmmm, the frame while I am at it (= instadivorce ).
Any advice here?
Do you have any advice? I'd have a tiny preference for SRAM brakes since then I could use the same DOT fluid and perhaps the same bleed kit as for my road bike. (I just gave a liter of Shimano brake oil and a bleed kit away … ) On the other hand, I know that if I went for SLX or XT brakes, I couldn't go wrong. After a little bit of research, I was thinking of SRAM G2 R or RS or the aforementioned Shimano SLX or XT. On paper (and without proper experience) SRAM brakes seem to be much more adjustable. In my experience (with 10-year-old Shimano tech, admittedly), Shimano's adjustment screw does nothing here. If money were no object, I'd definitely go for Hope XCR Pro X2, these are just pieces of CNC art. But I can't justify that, otherwise, I start replacing other parts like, hmmm, the frame while I am at it (= instadivorce ).
Any advice here?