Originally Posted by
nachomc
Not trying to call you out, but my ownership experience with Juicy 5's has been full of annoyances. They're always out of adjustment, they're loud if water even gets near the rotor, etc. The braking was satisfying but maintenance was/is a PITA. I have XT hydro's on my newer bike and they're much, much better.
I also have have XTs (first M760 and now M770) on my other bike and they have not shown any substantial reductions in noise or maintenance, despite that the juicies were installed on the bike I use for lift-serviced riding and the XTs were used for XC and commuting.
I just replaced the juicies with new M810s, but it was unrelated to any real problems with them, and I intend to re-install them on another bike, probably for another 5 years.
Experiences vary.