Matthew_Gibson Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Im gettin a new front hub (hope XC) for my b/day. If i get enough money i might get a disc, but thats were you people come in! Should i get an Avid Ball Bearing Mechanical Disc Brake or save up a bit more and get a Hope Mini Thanks Matt ;) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 minis are shit. Get the avid or if you want a hope get a mono trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trials Star Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 or save up a little bit more and get a Mono trial :lol: ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 (edited) Avid all the way, they rock! Edited May 4, 2005 by Hobnobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Motivator Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Avid all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Mono trial, won't stop working after ten minutes of riding cos it heated up. ;)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 AVID!!!!!!!!!! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Mono trial, won't stop working after ten minutes of riding cos it heated up. ;)" ← Mono trials or avids shouldnt be used on downhill bikes. Avid. Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseytrial Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 haha well said Mono trials or avids shouldnt be used on downhill bikes. Avid. Phil. ← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backgren Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 both feel nice and lock the wheel so i'd go for the avid. and, theres a very annoying thing about the design of the Hope trials lever too, you hit your legs (thighs... sp?) on a small knob with one of the bolts that hold it to the bars. which leads to pain and big nasty bruises ;) ok, theres 2 bolts which allows you to remove the lever without taking off the grips, but they obviously didn't think of that trials riders hit their legs in the bars when gapping etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Avid anytime ;) Cheaper...more reliable...more powerful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evileye Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 again avid all the way .Anyone who knows me knows that ive had a bad time with disc's until the avid came along you will not regret getting the avid absolutly superb ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Porter Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Avid anytime :lol: Cheaper...more reliable...more powerful ← can you explain that one please? i found my avid (caliper) stuck out too much (more than any other discs) and i ended up denting the caliper so the red dial wouldnt work ;) . was powerful though and had very nice lever feel. but the pads did glaz over with the slightest amount of heat which was quite annoying as it just didnt want to grab for a bit. i havent tried the hope trial so i cant say but i think i will be getting one soon as others like them a lot and the ones i have felt have been nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Avid Juicy 7. That shall be my next brake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 I have recently got my avid, and i am pretty impressed with it. Im running an xtr lever and fibrax cable, and it works well :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Smith Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 get the hope mono trial! cant fault these brakes regards ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Geary Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 (edited) avid!!! much better and more reliable.hope's are good to but i would get an avid. ben :P hope the help's !! Edited May 5, 2005 by Gears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Smith Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 just tell me how the hell is an avid cable disc better than a hope mono trial? how are they unreliable????????????????????????????????????????????? have you ever used one? regards ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Geary Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 well.....i have not but my friend's have used the avid's and hope's, and they all say they prefer the avid's more than hope disk's ben :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Mono trial :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 another vote for th avid. I had a hope mono trial, I never want one again.....nuff said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 ive tried two mono trials. One was on a mod, felt very nice, good power blah blah. Other was on a stock, and it was mushy, slippy and generally shit feeling.. i have been using my avid for a few months now, and can say that i'm quite impressed by it. can't say i've noticed it fading, but then again, i don't do speed on the trials bike. it was cheap, and works better than my XTR vee brake did, so i'm happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 had a avid 160 on a xtr lever-felt wicked-really powerful and only started slipping due to the pork pies ive been eating :"> now got 185 on an ultimate lever with nokon cable-fooook me its lush, smooth as you like, bloomin powerful with very nice modulation (more modulaton than my hydro hopes) and a great amount of bite, i love it (Y) i havent really had enough experience to comment on the mono trial, although i was impressed when i used one-it was still breaking in though so im guessing they must be equally as good if not better o and defo get at least a 185 rotor, even if ur light (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 this thread is annoying me.... tell me if im wrong.... please do but my avid was utterly shite from day 1 i CAN honestly say that the power was quite frankly incredible, ive never had such a powerful and grabby disc brake, and i loved that power with all my hear and soul.... but, fromt brand new, it faded terribly!!!! it was so bad to the point that i couldnt ride down hills at all, locking up it was perfect, but the slightest hint of a downhill slope and the need to slow down had it packing!!!! literally, if i rode down a shallow gradient hill for about 100 yards and attempted to stop, that would be all my bite and power gone for at least 20minutes (Y):S:S this has been the same with every avid ive used, the fade is just terrible :D surely it must be the pad compound... yet bigmans did it with aztec pads as well as avids :D:S:S lame lame lame. ive ridden a 160mono trial and it was really VERY good, and bigmans 180 mono trial.... well need i say more? 180 mono trial does it for me (Y) all the power and bite of the avid, with the added bonus of being able to slow down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 I founf my avid was the best brake I have ever used for down hill duties, it never faded at all and you should see how steep the hill are around here!! Maybe it depends how you bed them in, I did mine by going to the longest steepest hill I could find and just riding down it, by the time I got to the bottom the brake was awesome. I do use a hope floating disk too, maybe that ressists heat more than normal rotors. I had a mono trial, it seemed cool, but while at a comp on sunday I rode down a VERY small hill and all the power went! It would grap or lock, even with two fingers, all it did was make the worst noise in the world. I dont know it was because that pads glased or maybe it had a leak but I wasnt a happy chappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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