Cant Decide On Brake Setup!

[willdudeXD]

hey guys, you might have seen this on pink bike aswell

i am kinda new to trials and i just got a mad phase 1.3, and to be honest the brakes suck balls,but i cant make my mind up on what brake setup to get!..here are my options:

option one

avid bb7 font, magura hs33 rear (but i need a v brake mount adapter too)

option two

2 avid bb7s front and rear with avid speed dial levers

option three

avid juicy 7 rear avid bb7 front

so yeah i dont really know allot of brakes iv jsut kinda gone on reviews and stuff lol

any other suggestions would be helpful

p.s: im also thinking about getting a halo combat rear wheel..does anyone recon it will be any good fro trials??

there are plenty of reviews about the brakes but i wanted to hear reviews from real trials bikers and not xc or DH riders

or if this offer is still around at chritmas does anyone think it will be worth it?

avid elixer 5 set

[hdmackay]

Well, my advice to you would be to get a set of vees. Considering you already have vee mounts at the back aswell, faffing around with Evo 2 adaptors is annoying.

Vee's are GREAT provided you set them up good. I highly reccommend getting something along the lines of an Avid SD7 lever and Caliper. Cable doesn't matter too much, oddyssey or shimano or clarkes will be good. And your choice of pads.

Learn how to set them up good. Lube inside the cable to make it feel great.

Vee's feel the best out of other brakes, they are easiest to set-up and they tend to have more hold too. Go for it.

[willdudeXD]

Well, my advice to you would be to get a set of vees. Considering you already have vee mounts at the back aswell, faffing around with Evo 2 adaptors is annoying.

Vee's are GREAT provided you set them up good. I highly reccommend getting something along the lines of an Avid SD7 lever and Caliper. Cable doesn't matter too much, oddyssey or shimano or clarkes will be good. And your choice of pads.

Learn how to set them up good. Lube inside the cable to make it feel great.

Vee's feel the best out of other brakes, they are easiest to set-up and they tend to have more hold too. Go for it.

yeah but i can only have a v on the back, otherwise i would need ne forks :/ and i like the feel of hydraulics, i love the way you dont need to apply alot of pressure to them to get a nice bite , whats more i am most likely going to buckle my wheel at some point, so if i do disks wont be affected much

[hdmackay]

yeah but i can only have a v on the back, otherwise i would need ne forks :/ and i like the feel of hydraulics, i love the way you dont need to apply alot of pressure to them to get a nice bite , whats more i am most likely going to buckle my wheel at some point, so if i do disks wont be affected much

Well... interms of applying pressure. A good vee that's been set-up good will require ALOT less pressure than a hydraulic. They pull in alot easier too.

And yeah... about buckling the wheel, disc or no disc, your gonna want to fix it anyway. Just buy a spoke key for a fiver or something. Truing wheels is very easy when you know what to do.

[willdudeXD]

Well... interms of applying pressure. A good vee that's been set-up good will require ALOT less pressure than a hydraulic. They pull in alot easier too.

And yeah... about buckling the wheel, disc or no disc, your gonna want to fix it anyway. Just buy a spoke key for a fiver or something. Truing wheels is very easy when you know what to do.

Lol, i may put some thought into it, depend on what i can afford and all that malarky, but im sure a good set of v's wont cost as much as an avid juicy 7 or similar, so maybe with agood set of vees i can have more money to get more stuff like a new back wheel

thanks for the tips man, much appreciated

i have never been best at setting up brakes, i ride bmx brakeleess and always have.. i only got a trials bike tuesday

but im learning fast can already side hop a bench

[willdudeXD]

okay, so heres the setup i have come up with

i might have to change it due to expenses,

avid ultimate(may have to change to avid single digit 7s if there too much)

avid speed dial 7

echo booster

oddyssey slic linear cable

avid bb7 (front brake)

rock v-pads

good setup right!?

[hdmackay]

Lol, i may put some thought into it, depend on what i can afford and all that malarky, but im sure a good set of v's wont cost as much as an avid juicy 7 or similar, so maybe with agood set of vees i can have more money to get more stuff like a new back wheel

thanks for the tips man, much appreciated

i have never been best at setting up brakes, i ride bmx brakeleess and always have.. i only got a trials bike tuesday

but im learning fast can already side hop a bench

Well... Vee brakes are ALOT cheaper than Discs if you don't get Ultimates.

It's fine mate. Glad to help.

If you've been riding for 5 days and can already sidehop a bench that's amazing! Keep it up man.

okay, so heres the setup i have come up with

i might have to change it due to expenses,

avid ultimate(may have to change to avid single digit 7s if there too much)

avid speed dial 7

echo booster

oddyssey slic linear cable

avid bb7 (front brake)

rock v-pads

good setup right!?

The back vee set-up sounds great however, a wee bit of advice. Don't get the Ultimate calliper. Yeah, sure it's amazing but for about £60 cheaper you could get the SD7 caliper which is basically just as good. Theres a couple of weee tiny things better about the ultimate. But it terms of price, the Sd7 is much much better.

The SD7 lever is great. I reccommend that but have a look at it here. http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?pr...;category_id=71

Only a tenner.

Echo booster will be great.

Oddyssey linear slic is what I have. Very nice cable indeed.

And the Rock pads on a nice, sharp medium grind will be epic.

Sounds like an AWESOME set-up.

if you get the SD7 caliper instead of the Ultimate it'll pretty much be just as good and you'll have an extra £60 to spend.

[LukasMcNeal]

Id say go for both BB7s

[willdudeXD]

Id say go for both BB7s

yeah but im scared im gunna bend the back on

[duncan_echo26]

Well... Vee brakes are ALOT cheaper than Discs if you don't get Ultimates.

It's fine mate. Glad to help.

If you've been riding for 5 days and can already sidehop a bench that's amazing! Keep it up man.

The back vee set-up sounds great however, a wee bit of advice. Don't get the Ultimate calliper. Yeah, sure it's amazing but for about £60 cheaper you could get the SD7 caliper which is basically just as good. Theres a couple of weee tiny things better about the ultimate. But it terms of price, the Sd7 is much much better.

The SD7 lever is great. I reccommend that but have a look at it here. http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?pr...;category_id=71

Only a tenner.

Echo booster will be great.

Oddyssey linear slic is what I have. Very nice cable indeed.

And the Rock pads on a nice, sharp medium grind will be epic.

Sounds like an AWESOME set-up.

if you get the SD7 caliper instead of the Ultimate it'll pretty much be just as good and you'll have an extra £60 to spend.

+1

The Avid Ultimates are overpriced.

And what Hunter suggested is an amazing setup!

[hdmackay]

yeah but im scared im gunna bend the back on

Yeah, that's another downer I find. My mate whos got a rear disc bent his rotor quite badly before just by missing one sidehop. Not worth it I reckon.

+1

The Avid Ultimates are overpriced.

And what Hunter suggested is an amazing setup!

We know where it's at. :wink2:

[willdudeXD]

Yeah, that's another downer I find. My mate whos got a rear disc bent his rotor quite badly before just by missing one sidehop. Not worth it I reckon.

We know where it's at. :wink2:

thanks guys:D i never really gave v brakes a chance, im gunna go see what i can do with mine tomorrow, even though the pads are like squishy and the caliper arms bend lol

[sstein]

I have sd5 vees on my street bike and with the pads I use they are the most powerful brakes that I have ever tested.

I would however recommend front bb7 and rear sd5 both with sd5/7 levers 

[Dale-Hill]

Id say go for both BB7s

Find a decent cheap set of hopes

(mono trials)

yeah but im scared im gunna bend the back on

I've never bent one bad enough to change it yet

BTW don't got for the jucy 7's there a MTB brake and will not have enough bite/hold for trials on the rear.

[willdudeXD]

Find a decent cheap set of hopes

(mono trials)

I've never bent one bad enough to change it yet

BTW don't got for the jucy 7's there a MTB brake and will not have enough bite/hold for trials on the rear.

what disks have you got?

[Dale-Hill]

what disks have you got?

Dual Hope mono trials

I ran dual BB7 before this though.

[willdudeXD]

i think im gunna get 2 disks cuz i want a neew wheel set rather than buying 2 new seperately cuz i cant find a weheelset disk and v compatible in one, and new forks will be a more expensive option so shal i get and avid elixir5 hydraulic set, or 2 avid bb7's?

[Dale-Hill]

i think im gunna get 2 disks cuz i want a neew wheel set rather than buying 2 new seperately cuz i cant find a weheelset disk and v compatible in one, and new forks will be a more expensive option so shal i get and avid elixir5 hydraulic set, or 2 avid bb7's?

BB7's with 185/180 rotors get it right though