Rim Brake And Pads?

[charliet]

Hello, i am looking to buy some new brakes and brake pads for my rockman kortz? and iam not sure what to get so please help!

Thanks charlie

[SamKidney]

Echo Sl brake is a winner mate. Great feel, good looking and the slaves hold the pads much more securely. Very good brakes. Every thing from the positioning of the hose on the body, the way the levers held in place is brilliant.

Pads wise, Heatsink Yellows for sure. Brilliant compound gives amazing bite, shed loads of hold wirh a good loud honk and are very reliable. Will work brilliantly on a smooth rim with a tiny bit of tar, or grind your rim for the same amazing performance but with the added bonus of being able to ride in the wet!

Although TNN LGMs are also a good choice. You have to run a decent grind, very harsh to get the best out of them in my experience. Bite, hold and noise are all fantastic. Brilliant pads. Il be running mine again when I get another grind, then use my yellows when the grind dulls.

Hope I helped

[dann2707]

Great advice from Sam ^

But more importantly, what rim are you using? As that makes most of the difference when choosing pads.

[Manus-Rider]

Echo Sl brake is a winner mate. Great feel, good looking and the slaves hold the pads much more securely. Very good brakes. Every thing from the positioning of the hose on the body, the way the levers held in place is brilliant.

Pads wise, Heatsink Yellows for sure. Brilliant compound gives amazing bite, shed loads of hold wirh a good loud honk and are very reliable. Will work brilliantly on a smooth rim with a tiny bit of tar, or grind your rim for the same amazing performance but with the added bonus of being able to ride in the wet!

Although TNN LGMs are also a good choice. You have to run a decent grind, very harsh to get the best out of them in my experience. Bite, hold and noise are all fantastic. Brilliant pads. Il be running mine again when I get another grind, then use my yellows when the grind dulls.

Hope I helped

brilliant!

Edited March 12, 2011 by Manus-Rider

[i like cunning stunts]

From my experience stay away from the older 2010 sl brakes they are a joke. Just put maggys slaves on my sl lever see how it works out but the sl slaves are terrible for leakage.

[SamKidney]

Ive found that If you use the 2010 SL complete brake lever unit with maggie slaves you get another bonus.

Echo slaves have less inwards adjustment than magura slaves.

So may not work if you are running widely spaced frame and narrower rims.

Forgot to add that Magura Hs33s 2005 are brilliant too. Lots of aftermarket parts you can fit, and feel great with an Echo/ any Deng lever/ Magura 4- Finger lever. Bleed it with Phat Phluid or water with antifreeze mix for the quickest and snappiest feeling brake, but stick to oil in the Echos if your running the original slaves.

If its any help my brake is amazing at the minute, spec as follows.

Magura 05 Hs33 / Echo Lever / Pure Water bleed / Standard hosing / Bath bled

Echo SL 2 bolt booster

v!z Clamps (with plastic cylinder washers)

Heatsink CNC yellows

Trialtech Sport 19" Rim

Sharp light grind.

My set up with the TNN Lgms was;

Magura 05 Hs33 / Oil Bled / 4 - Finger lever / Standard hosing

No Booster

Atomz Elitis TR clamps (Soon moved to the v!z clamps)

TNN Lgm pads

Trialtech Sport 19"

Mediumish grind.

^ Brake worked brilliantly, and would be even better so with a deep, sharp grind. These pads have a brilliant wear life so dont be afraid to run them on the harshest of grinds. Would be improved further with a faster brake (water bleed), the hold would be increased with a booster, and the overall performance with a deep or harsh grind.

Again I hope this helps. Have had too much experience with setting up brakes for myself ( I love to test what pads are out there ) and other people.

[Manus-Rider]

I think the 05+ hs33 with 4 finger leaver is very good!

[LukasMcNeal]

If you can afford it get CNC Cousts. The best pads I've used and I've used TNN LGMs, Heatsink yellows,reds, and old zoo! Pads.

[dirt jumper jake]

Theres no coust option to vote for, so i cant vote.

Im currently running a 05 maggie with coust pads with cnc backings, four finger lever and water bleed in the maggie with TR mounts. must say, its the best brake ive ever had... Lgms are okay.. but very tempermental i found, currently running beleay pads on the front with the same maggie setup as rear (4 Finger, water bleed, tr mounts) and theyre the same as i lgms i found, just not as tempermental.

[sappu]

If you can afford it get CNC Cousts. The best pads I've used and I've used TNN LGMs, Heatsink yellows,reds, and old zoo! Pads.

Theres no coust option to vote for, so i cant vote.

+1 for coust in CNC backings.

[gary-mac]

+1 for coust in CNC backings.

Cnc cousts up front are great, but find they lack hold on rear, awesome bite though!

Cnc yellows with medium Sharp grind, Maggie slaves,tr 2011 levers,water-antifreeze for the win.

[Manus-Rider]

Theres no coust option to vote for, so i cant vote.

Im currently running a 05 maggie with coust pads with cnc backings, four finger lever and water bleed in the maggie with TR mounts. must say, its the best brake ive ever had... Lgms are okay.. but very tempermental i found, currently running beleay pads on the front with the same maggie setup as rear (4 Finger, water bleed, tr mounts) and theyre the same as i lgms i found, just not as tempermental.

Iam looking to change pads and were can you buy coust pads from?

[trialsmax04]

Ive never had any luck with cousts, possibly the rim I used them with. So be careful there.

Best pads IMO are Heatsink CNC yellows. Truly unbelievable!

[dirt jumper jake]

Iam looking to change pads and were can you buy coust pads from?

Heatsink sell the material & whole pads in either cnc backings, or plastic backings.