|   Disc Break Upgrade (Hope er? Avid) | DJ Raven
Jul 22, 2003 7:03 PM | | I currently have the origional Hayes HMX-1 mechanical disc breaks with a 6" rotar on my Hollowpoint Sport. I am looking into upgrading to a set of either the Hope M4 or the Avid Juicy 7 Extreme 185mm for both the font and rear. Any thoughts on whickh of the two is better? I ride fast and hard and use the breaks frequently for fast stops. |
| Tough to find a review of the Juicy 7's yet, since they......... | Sparty
Jul 22, 2003 8:34 PM | | ....aren't available. I rode a bike with J7's installed at Sea Otter but they weren't broken in. The "Speed Dial" worked well; as for the rest of it they felt just about like all the other hydraulic brakes on the market.
Personally I like my Avid mechs better.
Did I tell you that one of the gals that rides with the Disciples of Dirt cut a hydraulic hose in half on a crash in her Mt. Hood race last weekend?
--Sparty |
| Tough to find a review of the Juicy 7's yet, since they......... | DJ Raven
Jul 23, 2003 1:11 PM | | Advid Juicy 7's not available? Check this out my frind go to http://www.beyondbikes.com/shopping.asp?type=117 browse through their list and you will see that they have the Avid Juicy DH 203mm and the Extreme 185mm. |
| Do not believe everything you find on the web... wait a minute.. | shiggy©®
Jul 23, 2003 2:48 PM | | ...I have 40 million dollars stuck in the Congo. I need some trustworthy American to allow me to transfer it to these funds to their account. In exchange you can keep 15%. I just need complete access to your account. Please reply to... |
| I do not like anything that breaks on a ride (nm) | shiggy©®
Jul 22, 2003 9:18 PM | | |
| So your Avid cable would have endured where the hydro failed? | Scott P
Jul 24, 2003 12:53 PM | | |
| I did not say that, or even say... | shiggy©®
Jul 24, 2003 3:07 PM | | ...that cable
i brakes
are more durable than hydros.
I said I do not like any part that
i breaks.
My Avid Discs
i brake
great and they do not
i break
easily.
If a part is known to fail
i (break)
often, I will not use it. |
| I wouldn't say hydro lines are prone to breaking.... | AndyH
Jul 24, 2003 6:31 PM | | ...I've been running hydro brakes (Magura rim brakes, XT disc brakes, Magura Marta disc brakes) in one form or another for about 8 years now and I've never had any leaking or breakage issues with the lines, despite quite a few (I'm afraid to admit) pretty nasty spills. [knock-on-wood] |
| I think you guys are missing my whole point | shiggy©®
Jul 24, 2003 9:47 PM | | Mr. believe-everything-I-find-on-the-web never once used the word
i BRAKE
in his posts. Not unusual to use the wrong word once but to always use it...?
The only breaks I want to see on a ride are when I stop to rest or when I ride away for a competitor. |
| Give me a break... | woodyak
Jul 25, 2003 5:38 AM | | or is it brake, or even braque, maybe it's braeke. :) |
| Humor on the web, especially tongue in cheek... | Sparty
Jul 25, 2003 6:28 AM | | ...is often construed as sarcasm or simply missed entirely. Too bad. In this particular case shiggy was just trying to point out the spelling challenges some people suffer when it comes to the words "brakes" and "breaks," albeit somewhat sarcastically.
Personally, I gave up on that effort long ago, when I realized I was trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.
Tuhday's yoot... seams lots ovum cain't spell woit nuttin'.
Don't get me started on internet shorthand...
--Sparty |
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