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Don't like the XT brakes that came with my Enduro... want to swap them for something more bling 🙂 Oh, and better performing of course 😉 I have a set of Puro Oro's that I quite like, (slightly excessively they live on my on-one!) so was thinking I might go for a set of The One's, but thought I'd see what the good folk of STW might recommend 🙂
Pink Mini`s !
nah, don't like hope... I find they squeal too much (I had mini's on the on-one and hated them! the Puro's are waaaay better 🙂 )
Fair enough! fwiw, mine don`t squeel unless wet.
The Ones are the dogs balls but very powerful compared to the Oros
Yep, that's what I've read... but how much more powerful can they possibly be?? I can endo my bike with one finger with the Oro's!
I like juicy 7s a lot. they work, and whilst not superbling, they're nice enough, and carbon levers don't feel right to me.
I have both "the ones" and oro's on my bikes.
The oros are perfectly adequate IMO for the UK, and for one finger tarmac endos i find both brakes about the same.
The difference with the ones is that they are VERY light feel and VERY progressive braking. whilst you can get very powerful brakes on the market than can do an one finger endo on tarmac better thhan the ones, but when it comes to long comntinious alpine descents, the light feel and progressive braking of the ones means you get no arm pump, and you can still brake with one finger after an hour descent. (which I do for 8 months out of the year)
I have had mine for a year and have done about 70,000+ vert meters of descending on them with no problems...simply brilliant.
My only gripe is that the pad adjustment on the brake makes little difference, so you do get a long lever throw, but you do get used to it pretty quickly.
forgot to add, check out the new R1... A smaller version of the one...the perfect UK brake... and very sexy looking.
Can I have your XTs then?
I like the look of the R1's, but god knows when they'll finally be available to buy! And they'll probably be silly expensive...
Rudeboy, my XT's could well be up for sale soon (they're the older XT brakes though, brand new old stock if you know what I mean)...
stoney - MemberFair enough! fwiw, mine don`t squeel unless wet.
all the time then!!