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I've been trying to find out what brakes are the best performing and like anything else it's subjective but here is black and white data. I bought some Zees but I'll be selling this on now and buying the Maguru MT7's after doing this exercise, maybe its useful for some of you guys or will bring about some useful feedback....
They also recommend fitting Trickstuff Power+ brake pads which on their tests offered 20% more performance and were quieter.
ebike-mtb.com
Overview
Quite interesting, I was close to buying some hope brakes and looking to sell my Zees until I played around with the table a littl,added a little colour scoring and filtered the fastest to stop dead from 45 km/h:
I know there's more to just raw data, but its a nice starting point! If this study is accurate then I should be avoiding the hope brakes and aiming towards MT7 (the new levers are meant to be nice) Those Forumla Cura look good bang for buck although they recommend the Zees for the most cost effective option if your on a budget!
Finally here is their summary
Moderator Edit : Added Tree to comparison table.
They also recommend fitting Trickstuff Power+ brake pads which on their tests offered 20% more performance and were quieter.
The best eMTB disc brake you can buy
Disc brakes now have it harder than ever before: we’re riding higher modern tires bite harder, and the trails we ride are getting tougher. To be confident in challenging terrain we need to be able to control our speed, so which disc brake is best? Every year, tires get better, our bikes get more...
ebike-mtb.com
Overview
| Brake | Price* | Weight** | Average Breaking Torque | 30-15 km/h | 45-0 km/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formula Cura | € 124 | 466 g | 74.3 Nm | 1.7 s | 8.0 s |
| Hope T3 V4 | € 235 | 490 g | 74.8 Nm | 3.3 s | 12.7 s |
| Magura MT5 | € 111 | 470 g | 90.1 Nm | 1.7 s | 10.4 s |
| Magura MT7 | € 219 | 488 g | 99.3 Nm | 1.6 s | 5.2 |
| Magura MT Trail Sport | € 219 (set) | 458 g | 85.1/68.1 Nm | 1.8/2.3 s | 7.6/9.8 s |
| Shimano Deore | € 73 | 548 g | 69.9 Nm | 3.0 s | 9.6 s |
| Shimano Saint | € 237 | 594 g | 83 Nm | 1.4 s | 8.8 s |
| Shimano XT | € 146 | 528 g | 78.4 Nm | 3.4 s | 9.3 s |
| Shimano Zee | € 157 | 576 g | 75.2 Nm | 1.7 s | 12.0 s |
| SRAM Code R | € 170 | 514 g | 69.2 Nm | 3.1 s | 11.9 s |
| SRAM Code RSC | € 270 | 566 g | 70.6 Nm | 2.4 s | 8.5 |
| Trickstuff Direttissima | € 375 | 388 g | 114.7 Nm | 1.1 s | 6.2 |
| TRP G-Spec Quadiem | € 219 | 608 g | 66.2 Nm | 2.2 s | 7.7 s |
| TRP G-Spec Slate | € 219 | 574 g | 55.0 Nm | 3.9 s | 10.5 s |
| Tree - Hardwood | € FREE | 7000000g | Not rated | 0.0 s | 0.0 s |
Quite interesting, I was close to buying some hope brakes and looking to sell my Zees until I played around with the table a littl,added a little colour scoring and filtered the fastest to stop dead from 45 km/h:
I know there's more to just raw data, but its a nice starting point! If this study is accurate then I should be avoiding the hope brakes and aiming towards MT7 (the new levers are meant to be nice) Those Forumla Cura look good bang for buck although they recommend the Zees for the most cost effective option if your on a budget!
Finally here is their summary
Moderator Edit : Added Tree to comparison table.
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