whostheman_121 Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 (edited) I am thinking of buying new brakes 'upgrading' from Raceline Yellow HS33's with the old style levers to the new HS33 Eisbar's. Is it worth the 'upgrade'? All opinions appreciated Edited March 27, 2007 by whostheman_121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alley Rat Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 if your old brakes still work keep using them till they ware out or break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini-yanni Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 if your current brakes work why r u changing them??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whostheman_121 Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Well the TPA's have gone on both of the levers and the braking is not as good compared to the new style brakes. My mate has a set of Eisbar's and the braking performance is so much better compared to my brakes. Another reason is I'm not a big fan of yellow but I'm not to worried about the colour. Is the braking that interests me. At least I stand out with the Raceline Yellow Maguras on my bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 TPAs can be fixed and improved. If you really like the newer levers, that's a better reason to move over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King C Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Sounds like you need a rebleed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Well the TPA's have gone on both of the levers and the braking is not as good compared to the new style brakes. My mate has a set of Eisbar's and the braking performance is so much better compared to my brakes. Another reason is I'm not a big fan of yellow but I'm not to worried about the colour. Is the braking that interests me. At least I stand out with the Raceline Yellow Maguras on my bike.That mate would be me.Theres no variation in how well Hs33's work between the older style lever and the newer style.Only reasons my brakes work well is the fact that they are well set-up and reguarly adjusted, quite a lot of peoples I see in Braintree have one slave cylinder really close to the wheel and the other one is miles away, or the pads contact wonky etc.Just set up your brakes a bit better and maybe consider a rebleed, or grind/new pads. I imagine the pads probably aren't a lot of good on those racelines Courtney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whostheman_121 Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) Right I have decided to not get new brakes and just get new levers for it . Thanks for all the postsP.S: Tom your not the mate I had in mind but you class as a mate still Edited March 28, 2007 by whostheman_121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Midget Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 guessing you mean eric then courtney and by the way if/when you do get the new ones, it doesnt make a difference what colour they are cause they all work the same and i dont know if you noticed but my right pad is well away from the rim now but thats cause my wheel moved , anyway it still touches the rim the same time as the other (lazy piston ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 That mate would be me.Theres no variation in how well Hs33's work between the older style lever and the newer style.Only reasons my brakes work well is the fact that they are well set-up and reguarly adjusted, quite a lot of peoples I see in Braintree have one slave cylinder really close to the wheel and the other one is miles away, or the pads contact wonky etc.Just set up your brakes a bit better and maybe consider a rebleed, or grind/new pads. I imagine the pads probably aren't a lot of good on those racelines Courtney.He is right but it's wise to not adjust your pads unless you need to. Let them bed in to the perfect position then leave them like it. Otherwise they will just have to bed in again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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