Xc Riders

[Ben John-Hynes]

Do Cross Countrs riders who use Maguras use anything on their rim like a grind?

If not,

how do they get their brakes to grip in the wet?

Ben

[dave85]

Smooth rims always, some people have ceramic coated rims but never a grind. Maguras develop huge braking force at speed, even in the wet they're more than powerful enough with kool-stop pads.

[Adam-Griffin]

Don't alot of them use Hydro discs though ?

[steve@banbury-trials]

i should think they just have a clean rim,as in my experiance maggies have the power but not much hold on smooth wet rims

[maxwellduryea]

they used to use em, but now almost all brake setups are either uber light v's or discs.

[dan_addison]

People used to use them, but they where just wank in mud or wet.As for grinded rims i dont think anyone would dare to take a anglegrinder to an expensvie rim. Now its either discs or v's on race bikes

People used to use them, but they where just wank in mud or wet.As for grinded rims i dont think anyone would dare to take a anglegrinder to an expensvie rim. Now its either discs or v's on race bikes

[rudirudirudirudirudi]

what they tend to do for the wet, is file out grouves in the pads.this stops that layer of water getting trapped between pad and rim!!!!. so instead of putting a grind on the rim they effectively do the same thing but in their pads.

problem solved.

Edited March 30, 2008 by rudoxolty

[Ben John-Hynes]

what they tend to do for the wet, is file out grouves in the pads.this stops that layer of water getting trapped between pad and rim!!!!. so instead of putting a grind on the rim they effectively do the same thing but in their pads.

problem solved.

Like on the Onza pads?

Clever

(I)

[feest]

most super race xc'ers use v brakes but on the whole its hydro discs

i had maguras on a few xc bikes but only those without disc mounts

[Peperami]

You use a grind/ tar to make your wheels lock instantly on a trials bike.

You definately dont want your wheels to lock on an xc bike... the gripping power of most brakes is more than enough to slow you down.

[BenLeacock™]

Maguras have to much bite for xc really, you need more of a speed reducing brake that has alot of modulation rather than a brake that will lock on if you get what i mean ?

[ruckus_street]

XC racers in the majority of situations are using discs nowadays (a LOT of suspension forks have only got disc mounts)

But in particularly dry situations or if you're a realllll weight weenie, V brakes are used

Rarely see hs33s on mountainbikes these days.

[psycholist]

I used to use Maguras for XCing. If I had no choice but to run rim brakes I probably would again too. Maguras don't have the power wet or dry that a similarly priced set of V's will have, but they stay working in the worst mud, dirt and slime without me needing to constantly adjust/replace the brake pads, replace the cable, have a grindy brake feel etc. At this stage the only people on Maguras are trials riders and German cycle tourists as far as I can see...

For XC use I never ground the rims - the mud provided more than enough grinding without any help. If it was really bad I could wear through a rim in a year just from braking on it. I think I've replaced a trials bike rim once for the same reason in 6 years of having a specific trials bike.

Disks are better in every way for XC riding unless you live somewhere very very dry, in which case V's would probably stay working properly...

Edited March 31, 2008 by psycholist

[Muel]

I ran a set of 04 maggies on my XC bike, they were fine for all weathers, even when wet.