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Heres my situation.
After running Hope Minis for the last 12 or so years (they've been demoted to single speed usage) what should I replace them with.
Its only a rear brake that I need, the front Hope is still going strong but..... They're going on my singlespeed. This bike is my mud/ death bike that rarely gets maintained (if at all). Hence the demise of my 12 year old hope.
Would a shimano deore/ slx hack a winter of utter Huddersfield based shite? If so what advantage would I be gaining by buying slx over deore?
Any input considered worthy... thanks
Sam
SLX have ceramic pistons so a little bit lighter, I think that's it apart from the finish.
Good performance and low maintenance, can't go far wrong with either option.
I thought Deores had ceramic pistons too? Reach adjust knob on SLX, think it's an allen key on Deore.
Agree with can't go wrong really.
Not a huge amount in power and feel.
At the lever end you have tool free reach adjustment where the deore m615 needs the use of a hex key, at the caliper end you have a banjo so you can adjust the hose exit angle where as the caliper for the m615 has a fixed hose exit.
Not much difference but the SLX m675 is just a little more refinement with regard to feature.
Ahh, so essentially very little in performance but considerable difference in adjustment ability.
Thats cleared my query. Thanks.
richardthird - MemberI thought Deores had ceramic pistons too?
Pretty sure it's SLX and above.