Waste Of Money?

[modifiedridah2k9]

Hey

I have been thinking of buying a avid ultimate vee brake. wouldnt get it anytime soon.

Just asking is it a waste of money buying them when i have already got HS33.

Are vee's any better? As a rear brake

thanks

[Alex Dark]

No real performance benefit...as most people have said before the Ultimate is massively overpriced, you'd be better off buying some SD7 arms or better still keeping the HS33

[LordMersey]

you'd be better off buying some SD7 arms

[craigjames]

If you can get one cheap second hand go for it, the use of bearings in the pivots rather than bushings and the cnc arms gives them a stiffer nicer feel. But i couldn't justify the extra cost of buying one new.

[matthew_coggan]

i use V's on front and back of my mod and did on my stock till i sold it. I like V brakes better then HS33, they seem to hold better in my oppinion and the leaver seems easier to pull in if you have a decent cable.

i ran on my stock SD7 callipers on the back with SD7 leaver and on front Shimano Acera callipers with SD7 leaver. both with clark cables this was a awsome set up.

on my mod i tryed running the same set up but the SD7 callipers were two small for the back wheel so moved them to the front and put the Shimano Acera callipers on the back as they were taller. I find this set up even better then i had on my stock.

So in my oppinion, yes it would be a waste of money. I rate the Shimano Acera callipers more then the SD7 ones and they are the cheapes ones on tarty i love the SD7 leavers though they are ace, work well and are cheap.

[Luke Rainbird]

I'd always take a vee over a Magura, but wouldn't pay full whack for a new Ultimate. An SD7 will provide more than adequate braking if set up well, and at a fraction of the price.

That said, I run a pair of Ultimates because I managed to get the set for under £50 second hand and given the choice, wouldn't run anything else!

[gu trials]

i have ultimate leaver, ultimate arms with plaz cnc pads and a clarks cable and i prefer it a lot more to my old front magura as i have a lot more things to play around with for the best set up to anybody who rides it , so i would say there is an advantage to it but the price could put you off .