Revenge VS. Fly Brakes
04-02-06 | 12:24 PM
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Revenge VS. Fly Brakes
I have Odyssey Evolvers front & rear. The spring caps slip regularly. One of the heavy springs is warped & lost all tension. Bolt that holds down spring cap broke off in frame. Sick of working on them constantly...thus in market for a completely different design of U-brake.
Which is better, Revenge Industries or Fly? I really like the idea of the sealed bearings on the Revenge. Can either be modded for front brake use?
P.S. I run dual cables for rear brakes.
Which is better, Revenge Industries or Fly? I really like the idea of the sealed bearings on the Revenge. Can either be modded for front brake use?
P.S. I run dual cables for rear brakes.
04-02-06 | 12:38 PM
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I use the revenge , never had any problems. I seen them used as a front brake.
04-02-06 | 01:11 PM
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do you notice the sealed bearings as being smoother, or are they pretty much the same as regular brakes using springs?
04-02-06 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by premiumbmx2005
do you notice the sealed bearings as being smoother, or are they pretty much the same as regular brakes using springs?
04-02-06 | 04:13 PM
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Okay...more site boo-boos...
04-02-06 | 04:59 PM
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The Revenge brakes are way smooth 'cos of the sealed bearings, allot less friction, the Flys use the same idea as the Evolvers or any other with the brass bush.
The Revenges can be setup as front brakes where as the Fly brakes; i dont think so.
The Revenges can be setup as front brakes where as the Fly brakes; i dont think so.
04-02-06 | 05:06 PM
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04-02-06 | 05:34 PM
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Fly makes the Suelo brakes specifically for the front.
04-02-06 | 10:59 PM
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04-03-06 | 09:15 AM
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I saw that; I was merely correcting him on his statement that Fly does not make front brakes.
04-03-06 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Beerman
I saw that; I was merely correcting him on his statement that Fly does not make front brakes.
04-03-06 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Beerman
I saw that; I was merely correcting him on his statement that Fly does not make front brakes.
04-03-06 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Prozakk
The Suelo's don't seem to be on their website anymore....hmmm.....
My vote is for Fly, becuase i thinkt that the Revenges arent as low profile as the Fly's and even for a front brake i dont think you want them to stick out much.
04-03-06 | 10:02 AM
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Height isn't a problem. The revenge & fly are BOTH lower than ody, BTW.
04-03-06 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Prozakk
The revenge & fly are BOTH lower than ody, BTW.
Odyssey-24.8mm stack height
Revenge-29.6mm stack height
Fly-21.5mm stack height
04-03-06 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by KinetikBiker04
True, it may not matter but according to Empire, your wrong...
Odyssey-24.8mm stack height
Revenge-29.6mm stack height
Fly-21.5mm stack height
Odyssey-24.8mm stack height
Revenge-29.6mm stack height
Fly-21.5mm stack height
04-03-06 | 03:59 PM
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https://www.suelobmx.com/frenoeng.htm
That took a whopping three seconds to find. And the Revenge brakes have a higher stack height than Evolvers and Fly brakes.
That took a whopping three seconds to find. And the Revenge brakes have a higher stack height than Evolvers and Fly brakes.
04-04-06 | 09:35 AM
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The arms of the Revenge are much lower profile than Ody.
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04-04-06 | 11:58 AM
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Stack height is measured from the caps, not the arms, smart guy. No one's worried that their chain is going to be grinding away at the arms of their brakes.
04-04-06 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Beerman
1)Stack height is measured from the caps, not the arms, smart guy. 2)No one's worried that their chain is going to be grinding away at the arms of their brakes.
2) You don't know EVERYONE, thus an untrue statement.
04-04-06 | 03:43 PM
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04-04-06 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Prozakk
1) No **** Sherlock!
2) You don't know EVERYONE, thus an untrue statement.
2) You don't know EVERYONE, thus an untrue statement.
2) Explain to me exactly how your chain would grind down on the arms of your u-brakes, without first grinding through the cap. And then find me one person that actually worries about his u-brake arms being ground down by his chain, aside from yourself, because the opinion of morons isn't valid here.
04-04-06 | 07:02 PM
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I can see this heading towards disc brakes soon...
04-04-06 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Beerman
1) Then why the hell are you arguing that the arms are lower when I wasn't even referring to the arms, but the stack height?
2) Explain to me exactly how your chain would grind down on the arms of your u-brakes, without first grinding through the cap. And then find me one person that actually worries about his u-brake arms being ground down by his chain, aside from yourself, because the opinion of morons isn't valid here.
2) Explain to me exactly how your chain would grind down on the arms of your u-brakes, without first grinding through the cap. And then find me one person that actually worries about his u-brake arms being ground down by his chain, aside from yourself, because the opinion of morons isn't valid here.
Yuck fou.