desire68 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Has anyone tried Bike bonz levers, i found them on www.bikebonz.com they look good but what's your opinion?? Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 They look really nice actually. should be well made, like the cranks! but only available for hayes brakes and not many people use them on here! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 (edited) They look pretty damn nice But quite expensive like 40 quid for a set. Never seen any before, so i guess not many people use them. The top one says mag, is that magnesium or for maggies? Edit: AH HFX mag, must be magnesium :ermm: Edited April 5, 2005 by Hobnobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desire68 Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Not sure what the mag means! Do most riders use the maggies then,and can you still get the 04 hs33,because i hear that the 05 are not as nice! Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Designed to give a Stiffer, more positive feel to your Hayes Hydraulic brakes. Levers to fit... hayes only :ermm: yep you can still get 04 maguras, don't know where but somewhere will have one, just ring around or look secondhand, in the for sale/wanted section on here :P mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 CRC sell them (Y) 04 Maggies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desire68 Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Thats good to know,i'll give CRC a call when i'm ready to get all the parts. So when you use a maggie for the back break,what's a popular choice for the front?? Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 I'm running Magura HS33's front and rear (on mod, although Neil Tunnicliffe does mental gaps to front and ups to front and runs front Magura on stock...), but I think the majority plump for discs up front. If you want the cheaper disc option, you could get an Avid mechanical for £55 from www.supercycles.co.uk, and then maybe an Avid SD7 V-brake lever to go with it. Alternatively, you could try the Hope Trial brake and see how that fares (Y) It's more expensive though, so if money's an issue you could always get the Avid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPOON Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Thats good to know,i'll give CRC a call when i'm ready to get all the parts. So when you use a maggie for the back break,what's a popular choice for the front?? Mike. ← disk (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspired Dave Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hope Mono Trial 180mm front disc for sure. Awesome front brake. The only disc brake designed with biketrials use in mind.....Says it all really! The best modulation of any brake I've tried!! Ecellent power and feel, with a nice (but not silly) level of bite. Pretty much impossible to beat in my opinion. Stainless braided hose as standard is reassuring too, mine's taken some serious abuse from stacks and bails and the hose is still as good as new! Front rim brakes are good, but personally I think they lack the modulation that decent disc brakes offer. There's also the rain issues with rim brakes, discs aren't affected anywhere near as much as rim brakes when it rains, or you go through a puddle (Y). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 The best modulation of any brake I've tried!! Ecellent power and feel, with a nice (but not silly) level of bite. Pretty much impossible to beat in my opinion. Stainless braided hose as standard is reassuring too, mine's taken some serious abuse from stacks and bails and the hose is still as good as new!← Hayes HFX-9 Mk2 Downhill comes very close! (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I pretty sure i'm not the only one still running a front V brake. I have got an Avid SD7 with a Shimano XTR lever, using standard rim wrangler 2 pads which came with it. It performs superbly, exclent lock and hold, yet still offers modulation for stoppies etc :lol: My set-up might seem expensive for a v brake, but i would say it performs aswell as alot of disks, so why not splash out?! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 If anyone does have a Hayes brake disk, there a few on ebay. :lol: At bottom of page. (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I pretty sure i'm not the only one still running a front V brake. I have got an Avid SD7 with a Shimano XTR lever, using standard rim wrangler 2 pads which came with it. It performs superbly, exclent lock and hold, yet still offers modulation for stoppies etc :lol: My set-up might seem expensive for a v brake, but i would say it performs aswell as alot of disks, so why not splash out?! :P ← Hmmmm what kind of riding do you do? Ive had that setup ALOT of times. Rim wrangler pads, whilst being the best "standard" pad are not powerful enough in my experience. They dont have a good bite and go shitty after a while. Im currently, and have been using for a year, a XT lever, xtr cable xtr caliper and spanish fly pads. Its probably the strongest Vee ive ever used, but some people wont like the slightly mushy feel of the fly pads. The bite is shocking though. It gets to the point where sometimes you cant slow down going down a hill. Every now and again it loses its bite, and I simply spit once either side of the rim, ride round for 2 secs and its bitey again. Ive never cleaned my rim etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardman Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Hope Mono Trial 180mm front disc for sure. Awesome front brake. The only disc brake designed with biketrials use in mind.....Says it all really! The best modulation of any brake I've tried!! Ecellent power and feel, with a nice (but not silly) level of bite. Pretty much impossible to beat in my opinion. Stainless braided hose as standard is reassuring too, mine's taken some serious abuse from stacks and bails and the hose is still as good as new! Front rim brakes are good, but personally I think they lack the modulation that decent disc brakes offer. There's also the rain issues with rim brakes, discs aren't affected anywhere near as much as rim brakes when it rains, or you go through a puddle :D. ← Dave you scare me, I tried my brother mono trial brake and it scares the hell out of me, too much bite and yes theres alot of modulation but nothing like on my m4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Hmmmm what kind of riding do you do? Ive had that setup ALOT of times. Rim wrangler pads, whilst being the best "standard" pad are not powerful enough in my experience. They dont have a good bite and go shitty after a while. Im currently, and have been using for a year, a XT lever, xtr cable xtr caliper and spanish fly pads. Its probably the strongest Vee ive ever used, but some people wont like the slightly mushy feel of the fly pads. The bite is shocking though. It gets to the point where sometimes you cant slow down going down a hill. Every now and again it loses its bite, and I simply spit once either side of the rim, ride round for 2 secs and its bitey again. Ive never cleaned my rim etc ← I ride Trials... I do Hampshire comp's and i ride street, oh, and the odd bit of natural, oh, and i went to the local jump spot recently. I ride pretty much everything you can ride on a Trials bike. Oh, and anybody who knows me, will tell you i don't clean my bike often. With a clean rim and pads, my brake is awsome, but as it is dirty, it merely works superbly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin t Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Dave you scare me, I tried my brother mono trial brake and it scares the hell out of me, too much bite and yes theres alot of modulation but nothing like on my m4. ← Never heard of getting used to the brake a bit? My mono trials brake felt very spungy first but now when im used to it i dont think about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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