Identify Brakes.....
02-13-05, 10:14 AM
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Identify Brakes.....
Can someone tell me what kind of brakes these are?
https://www.pinkbike.com/modules/phot...w&image=396485
https://www.pinkbike.com/modules/phot...w&image=396485
02-13-05, 10:40 AM
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The description on the photo says they are Magura HS33...hydraulic rim brakes.
02-13-05, 03:36 PM
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Used alot in britain by trials riders, dont ask me why, dont know if they fade as much as some hydro discs do, maybe thats why they are used...
02-13-05, 05:05 PM
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I'd say that's about as close as you're going to get to disc stopping power in a rim brake.
02-13-05, 05:08 PM
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it works well for trials because disc get put uder so much tourque that they kill wheel sets. these dont
02-13-05, 05:09 PM
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plus as much as they use the brakes, it has to reduce hand pains. They don't have to squeeze the levers as hard, I would think.
02-13-05, 05:10 PM
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I have a cable V brakes, it really doenst take much effort to stop myself. Of coruse in my area there are not many huge hills
02-13-05, 05:13 PM
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it's not the stopping that I was really talking about... I was referring to locking the wheels and keeping them locked. The hydros take less lever effort than mechs.
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Originally Posted by cryogenic
it's not the stopping that I was really talking about... I was referring to locking the wheels and keeping them locked. The hydros take less lever effort than mechs.
02-13-05, 05:15 PM
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thats true, ive personally never used hydro anything for brakes. Its just not needed for my area. Ide be afraid that i would accidently pull it down and flip over the bars
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Originally Posted by phantomcow2
thats true, ive personally never used hydro anything for brakes. Its just not needed for my area. Ide be afraid that i would accidently pull it down and flip over the bars
02-13-05, 05:18 PM
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Nah, it's not that bad.. I've ridden a bike with Juicy 7's and my friend's bike with the HFX-9's and it's just a different feeling than a mechanical lever. It's like pulling back into a stiff sponge.
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Originally Posted by cryogenic
Nah, it's not that bad.. I've ridden a bike with Juicy 7's and my friend's bike with the HFX-9's and it's just a different feeling than a mechanical lever. It's like pulling back into a stiff sponge.
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I have two bikes (K2's) with these. Actually one has the Magura HS-22 (yellow), and the other has the HS-33 (red). Work very well for a rim brake, but don't stay as clean as discs, so go figure....
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They were the best of the best in their day. Part of the reason my '97 K2 Beast's MSRP was $1875. That was damn near 10 years ago my friends....
