An actual brake comparison study

[jbrown15]

Hi jbrown


hi
So am I right that in the end you prefer the XTR 4 pot with galfer (green?) pads and their 223 rotors?

Or are you using those Galfer pads/rotors with the code r?

thx

Yes that was my setup, and really liked it. But I would still get a little brake fade at the very end of a long intense downhill run. So I ended up swapping out my XTR calipers for some Magura MT5 calipers. So now I’m running a Shigura setup, which are the best brakes I’ve ever ridden.

But with that said my Trickstuff Maxima brakes finally just shipped.

 

[jbrown15]

Yeah. Youll be a trickstuff junkie. I put the piccola HD on my DH bike and damn they’re good. My Maxima are on my other DH bike and they’re both amazing.

now bleeding, get a trickstuff only kit. The nipples you’ll need comes in the box so you just need good syringes and the oil.

I added one of their bleed kits to my order, spare pads and some brake fluid.

 

[Shjay]

Running these levers attached to my MT5 calipers, (with 4 individual pads) better than Shigura setup I have tired with old Saints I had

 

[jbrown15]

Running these levers attached to my MT5 calipers, (with 4 individual pads) better than Shigura setup I have tired with old Saints I had

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Who makes those levers? They look like Trickstuff knockoffs.

I haven’t tried a Shigura setup with Saint levers but I suspect the XTR levers have better feel, I know another popular setup for Worldcup DH racers are to run Saint calipers with XTR levers.

 

[nB2000]

Yes that was my setup, and really liked it. But I would still get a little brake fade at the very end of a long intense downhill run. So I ended up swapping out my XTR calipers for some Magura MT5 calipers. So now I’m running a Shigura setup, which are the best brakes I’ve ever ridden.

But with that said my Trickstuff Maxima brakes finally just shipped.

Thanks
Looking forward to the update once you’ve tested.

thx

 

[Shjay]

ZRace levers, from Ali Express I did a review on them in review section

Who makes those levers? They look like Trickstuff knockoffs.

I haven’t tried a Shigura setup with Saint levers but I suspect the XTR levers have better feel, I know another popular setup for Worldcup DH racers are to run Saint calipers with XTR levers.