Mr Dave Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Hey i've had an Avid Mech on the front for quite a while now, i have got used to the fact that i cant go down big hills and expect to stop at the bottom. but over the past few months ive been learning front wheel gaps properly. mostly with crates, i go out my front brakes sweet and dandy, start at about 6ft, moving the crate out, by the time i get to 7ft my front brakes gone W.A.N.K :P this is only after like 4-5 attempts!!!!!! :D ive had to get some new pads (warn down) but this made no difference. so do you get this too? :P ive tried a maggie on the front and a v but just didnt get along with them :P anything i can do ? I realy dont wanna buy a different front brake, but what are the new trial discs like for this ? Thanks Dave :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 (edited) Keep, the avid.. you just have to let it cool down a bit before you use it again. I know what you mean though. I held mine on all the way down a biiig hill, and got to the bottom and tried to use it again and it was poop. Iv started using a 180 mini mono rotor in my 185 avid caliper recently though (had to move some spacers around so that the rotor was in the caliper :D ) and as its doesnt have as much braking surface as the avid rotor it seems to cool down a bit quicker? but it still locks up just as fine as the old avid rotor. Sam :S Edited February 14, 2005 by Sam@SouthTrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dave Posted February 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 (edited) humm, its so anoying though, i dont want to have to stop riding every 5 mins!!! lol yeah i thought about that the other day, ive got one in my shed, but surely if theres less braking surface it means there's guna be less power ?? :S THanks for the reply Dave :D edit ;: ok maybe he didnt :P Edited February 14, 2005 by Mr Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 edit, and i might be wrong but i seem to remember Dave at tartybikes, saying its the pads/caliper that gets too hot not the disc ? in which case i wouldnt have thought the different rotor would help ? ← mm well, the mini mono seems to work better for me. Theres no great power loss if you bed the pads in again properly :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I agree Dave, thats the only thing I found annoying about my Avid (well, apart from catching the adjuster on rocks - rare though). Didnt find it fading as quickly as you though :S I must say though, that ive not suffered any noticeable fade from my Hope Trials brake yet (and i was specifically TRYING to get it to fade yesterday :D ). Not sure what Dave meant about the caliper/pads... I guess the pads do get hot when they transfer heat to the rotor, but the rotor is there to dissapate that heat, so its a major factor. Maybe worth trying a different rotor... wavy ones are specifically designed to have more surface area, so get rid of heat better. Holes also help. The avid rotor is far from a bad design, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dave Posted February 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 I agree Dave, thats the only thing I found annoying about my Avid (well, apart from catching the adjuster on rocks - rare though). Didnt find it fading as quickly as you though I must say though, that ive not suffered any noticeable fade from my Hope Trials brake yet (and i was specifically TRYING to get it to fade yesterday ). Not sure what Dave meant about the caliper/pads... I guess the pads do get hot when they transfer heat to the rotor, but the rotor is there to dissapate that heat, so its a major factor. Maybe worth trying a different rotor... wavy ones are specifically designed to have more surface area, so get rid of heat better. Holes also help. The avid rotor is far from a bad design, though. yeah thought that too, the avid rotor has loads of holes in, i just dont understand. And i would be surpirsed if everyones avid acted like mine(as quickly) because they seem so popular?? i am actualy tempted to get a mono trial disc, but i waste so much money :P oh well :D also, im tnot too fond on the "wide" lever blade, but iguess ill get used to it :S :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dave Posted February 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 so shall i get a hope mono trial??? vote now :P might give Dave a ring later :P Dave :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colly Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 my solution to this problem would be, get a hope mini 185 = problem sorted. no more brakes falling to bits or snapping in half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Yer get the Mono Trial when I had a go on it I loved it from the start feel sharp braking, go for it :P . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 ooooo second bad topic about Avid mechs this month! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cultiv8ed ::Chris:: Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 i always got brake fade doing front wheel gaps with my avid and thats why i got rid of mine and went back to magura disc and its been best thing i have brought still works perfect 4 months later no fade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 ooooo second bad topic about Avid mechs this month! :wink2: ← It's just mongs not being able to use them propperly :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dave Posted February 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 It's just mongs not being able to use them propperly :P just because you cant gap to front wheel :wink2: :P :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smo™ Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Hope Mono Trial :wink2: Not a single problem yet and I've had it for around... 2/3 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 It's just mongs not being able to use them propperly :wink2: ← I dunno, I wouldn't say it was a Mongish (word up) setup that made Bigman crack his? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Hope Mono Trial :wink2: Not a single problem yet and I've had it for around... 2/3 months. ← Il have to have a looksie tomoro at that :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 Crumbs, the TF flavour of the month has been thrown out. We need a new fad :wink2: My Avid is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardman Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 I vote mono trial its such a nice brake, so much more power with less effort and its still got a load of modulation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 ok, had a very quick go with smo's mono trial today.. mmm still like my avid more. the mono just seems too easy to lock up :wink2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 Had a very quick go with smo's mono trial today.. mmm still like my avid more. the mono just seems too easy to lock up :P Yeah, because you wouldn't be used to it after about a day or anything . . . Anywho, may as well keep the good old Avid :wink2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson© Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 You may as well just keep the Avid... as it is a great brake plus it saves you money :) But I must say... I got my Mono Trial not that long ago and oh my god!!! its sooo powerful its unreal... top brake... I love it :) :) Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dave Posted February 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 lol thanks for all the replys, i ordered one later that day :"> fit it yesterday, its proper bo!, looks like the :) it fits perfect on my fattysn king with no spacers :P at first it rubbed on the left pad, but then it jus sorted itsself out :) :) did the whole water mud thing then cleaned it off now im just guna leave it and ride on it. i shall do a "decentish" reviwe after a couple of weeks :D - if anyone cares hehe Dave :D still gota cut the dame hosing down :) anyone no what its like cutting through braided hosing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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