What To Spec On My Ozonys?

[Ali C]

power wise rim brakes are fine on the front, its just that I hate how they feel, a disk has much more modulation and makes you ride smooth.

A rim rear brake (be it vee or maggie) is pretty much what all stock riders run (bar Tarty!) as they are more direct feeling than a disk (in my opinion, spoke flex makes a rear disk feel a bit naff) and people can hit and bend disks.

[somberlaine]

But would you recommend an avid on the rear, over a magura, ignoring cost differences?

[basher]

But would you recommend an avid on the rear, over a magura, ignoring cost differences?

Depends in what you like in a rear brake. If you like a bitey brake that snaps on striaght away then get a magura. But with a vee brake it has more hold meaning when your on the edge you dont slip like a magura usually does and ali and meself who use vees believe thats more important than bite as a vee doesnt bite as much as a magura. A well set up vee with new cables and decent pads feels absolute lush better than any brake in my opinion. Also vees dont freeze in winter. The new magura 05 lever bodys comernly are prone to snapping also the tpas do thread so upgrade that to a metal one if you went for a magura. Also the hoseing can easily split on a magura if you knock it. Ive never broke a cable in my vee and i ran my super stretched cables for like 6months may be more.

Its all preference really in what you like from a brake. As ali will say vee and others will say magura. Reliability wise i would say a vee will break less often and is less hassle, like when changeing cablescompaired to bleeding it.