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Well i brought my Zoo python in the 07'summer and it came with an echo team boster on a viz rim with a grrind and snowys they were good pads i guess, they held a fair bit and didnt have to much sound i brought some zoo pads aswell not to good neither. In the winter i brought myself a try-all rim (smooth) and got myself a new set of old zoo pads, they was the same as the other pads bit on the down side to what everyone said about them.

So then i heard about the 'Plaz pads'. Got myself a set of them, they were better then the other pads, they held and had a bit of sound. Put some tar on the rim mad a bit of an improvement.

And then yesterday riding i got a bit bored at our 'lunch break' and i took my brake boster off for the first time since.. last year?

I was using the plaz pads..still.

and there are like WOOW , loud , hold , bite. there amazing.

So i waited about 7/8 mounths for a good break, just becuase of my brake boster, i spose it is worth the wait.

I recomend anyone out there using a brake boster on to.. take it off you might be suprised. ;)

Hope this may help some of you. (Y)

Love harry :giggle:

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Riiiight. That doesn't actually make any sence. Increased noise - yes, thats a well known fact about boosters reducing noise. Better brake? Find that hard to believe, more likely it wasn't set up properly/well.

I've said it before a few times. Removing a booster (depending on the pads, frame and booster) can increae noise AND performance. It'll bite quicker and hold a bit better. Though this obviously depends on the setup, if you've got a crap brake and your running a booster, try it without. You'd be suprised.

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I've said it before a few times. Removing a booster (depending on the pads, frame and booster) can increae noise AND performance. It'll bite quicker and hold a bit better. Though this obviously depends on the setup, if you've got a crap brake and your running a booster, try it without. You'd be suprised.

i might actually try that tomorrow....plus it looks alot better to boot

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i might actually try that tomorrow....plus it looks alot better to boot

go for it , made mine lushh :rolleyes: im using plaz on a smooth rim. There louder than this boy running a grind and using heatsink reds. :blink:

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I've said it before a few times. Removing a booster (depending on the pads, frame and booster) can increae noise AND performance. It'll bite quicker and hold a bit better. Though this obviously depends on the setup, if you've got a crap brake and your running a booster, try it without. You'd be suprised.

agree with him (Y)

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I dont no who to put this but someone will get what i mean. I know your gonna get a quick bite without a booster but every time your pads push against your rim this will be causing flexing to the frame and your cylinders will be moving further away from the rim. If your pads catch on your booster and your feeling asif your not getting enough power trying grinding the inner section of the booster its what i did made my brake better.

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Well i brought my Zoo python in the 06'summer and it came with an echo team boster on a viz rim with a grrind and snowys they were good pads i guess, they held a fair bit and didnt have to much sound i brought some zoo pads aswell not to good neither. In the winter i brought myself a try-all rim (smooth) and got myself a new set of new zoo pads, they was the same as the other pads bit on the down side to what everyone said about them.

So then i heard about the 'Plaz pads'. Got myself a set of them, they were better then the other pads, they held and had a bit of sound. Put some tar on the rim mad a bit of an improvement.

And then yesterday riding i got a bit bored at our 'lunch break' and i took my brake boster off for the first time since.. last year?

I was using the plaz pads..still.

and there are like WOOW , loud , hold , bite. there amazing.

So i waited about 7/8 mounths for a good break, just becuase of my brake boster, i spose it is worth the wait.

I recomend anyone out there using a brake boster on to.. take it off you might be suprised. ;)

Hope this may help some of you. (Y)

Love harry :giggle:

Ammended for truth :giggle::D

But yeah your break is so much better, shame about your tpa though :P

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Sometimes.....

On a T-Lite frame, much needed. :P

I got one for my Zona, it was pointless, I prefer having a little bit of sponge in there, on the zona it was like having metal pads.

EDIT: Not just backings, like the whole pad.

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but every time your pads push against your rim this will be causing flexing to the frame and your cylinders will be moving further away from the rim.

How can you even remotely say thats true ? If your bolts are tight then how can they move, if that was the case, Magura's would be supplied with 4 bolt boosters.

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ryyyyyttttt i get it....

they call it a "brake booster" because it makes your brakes not work aswell... eeerrrrrmmmm yyyeeeeeeeeeee!!!

No honestly, Kris, me and everyone else who has tested it for ourselves is wrong, we have failed, we all need to die a painful death.

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or not. Try plaz pads on a smooth rim or a grind, that should make your mind up ^_^

No thanks, I have a top spec maggy on my brothers bike, and I hate it. Bites like mad, holds like mad and makes all the right noises.

I had a rear disc on my 06 Echo for 6 months, then bought a new bike with a maggy, which was really good, (apparantly), rode it for 3 weeks and I went back to disc. I just hate maggies, I have tried many different ones, and have now built my brothers up into the best one I have ever used, and it's rubbish.

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No thanks, I have a top spec maggy on my brothers bike, and I hate it. Bites like mad, holds like mad and makes all the right noises.

I had a rear disc on my 06 Echo for 6 months, then bought a new bike with a maggy, which was really good, (apparantly), rode it for 3 weeks and I went back to disc. I just hate maggies, I have tried many different ones, and have now built my brothers up into the best one I have ever used, and it's rubbish.

Its what you like i spose :blink:

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