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Hs33'3 Or Discs?


Nuke Bowel

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I have noticed allot of people use magura hs33's and some use disc brakes, what do you advise I use? also why is it some people put a hs33 on the back and a disc on the front, surely the disc is more powerful and it would be better on the rear?

Cheers, Luke

Discs tend to offer more modulation whereas hs33s tend to be more grabby. Most people prefer grabby on the rear and modulation on the front.

An hs33 with the right setup can give you lovely modulation so theres no reason to feel you have to go disc on the front.

I think rear discs put a lot of extra stress on the frame compared to rim brakes - this'd be more of a problem in trials than in downhill etc cos the wheel stays locked and under pressure rather than locked and skidding.

There do seem to be a fair number of trials specific disc frames out now though so presumably they're getting around the snappysnappy problem (putting the brake mount on the dropout a-la V-racing XTP seems a sound plan)

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I run a maggy on the back because I don't have disk mounts, It's cheaper, Can't get smashed up as easily, can bled and repaired easily, If it gets contaminated it's not such a big deal, and also the sound of it just reminds me that I have a working break. I think if I had a silent rear break it would make me a bit sketchy.

I run a disk on the front because of the hold, modulation, the feel of it and you don't look like such a t**t when your flying down the hill with a deadly sound that makes your ears bleed EEEEERRRRRRR!!!!!

It's personal preference though, but remember a disk will probably cost more and last less as long as a maggy.

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i put a hope c2 disk on the back of my azonic and i didnt realy get on wid it. 2 be fair the bike was abit ova joke any way but once i spent the time setting it up proply it was amazine. but my only wory is havin it either crack the frame from the stress or me bash it on summit wen am havin aan off day and it end up in a very expensive f*ck up so i would stick to the maggie on the rear.

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i put a hope c2 disk on the back of my azonic and i didnt realy get on wid it. 2 be fair the bike was abit ova joke any way but once i spent the time setting it up proply it was amazine. but my only wory is havin it either crack the frame from the stress or me bash it on summit wen am havin aan off day and it end up in a very expensive f*ck up so i would stick to the maggie on the rear.

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sorry for the big pics i did resize them but it dent work god nos y. any way sorry again

matt

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