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[Closed] Righto.....Avid brakes, so many models i'm confused!

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Think i've got it down to 2 models....

Elixir CR carbon

and

Elixir 9 carbon

i think the '9's' are newer models but apart from that i've not got a clue....... ❓

Does anyone have any opinions on these 2 models they would like to share?

cheers


 
Posted : 08/07/2012 9:11 am
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I'd go the Elixir 9's. The old CR's had issues that made them a nightmare to bleed.


 
Posted : 08/07/2012 9:21 am
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Why Avids specifically?
Fiddly, horrible, unreliable nightmare IMHO of course.

(Cue someone coming along whose had them on a bike trouble-free for 57 years...)


 
Posted : 08/07/2012 9:48 am
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I have been running avids for the last 58 years completely trouble free, bled once then perfick ever since!


 
Posted : 08/07/2012 9:50 am
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😀


 
Posted : 08/07/2012 9:50 am
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I'd go the Elixir 9's. The old CR's had issues that made them a nightmare to bleed.

LBS would do anything more tricky than replacing pads! 😀

Why Avids specifically?

Price mainly but i've also had Juicy 5 and 7's in the past and thought they were pretty powerful brakes. They would be more of a stop-gap as i just noticed i have a broken lever on my Marta mag SL's 😥


 
Posted : 08/07/2012 10:29 am
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Buy something else (better) Hope or Shimano spring to mind as good options!


 
Posted : 08/07/2012 12:51 pm

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