Best aggressive XC brakes?

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Philt	Post subject: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:58 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:40 pm Posts: 84 Location: Bermuda	Hi, I have a 2012 Yeti ASR 5 which I use mainly for XC racing. About 21lbs with XX1. Am taking to the mountains in Italy in the summer and will need to upgrade the brakes from the XX World Cups on it. Any suggestions for more power and not too much extra weight? Thanks
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Kastrup	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:03 pm
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:00 pm Posts: 510 Location: Aarhus, Denmark	Shimano _________________ "Stay cool and try to survive" A. Klier to the other members of the Garmin classics squad the night before P-R.
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CGT	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:39 pm
Joined: Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:33 pm Posts: 213	Hope M4 front, X2 rear is what I will go (180/160). Should be good!
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crohnsy	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:17 pm
Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:43 pm Posts: 420 Location: Canada	Don't forget to upgrade your rotors... The ones in your pic aren't doing you any favours.. _________________ Flickr Tarmac SL3 Project Yellow Follow on Instagram
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Philt	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:53 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:40 pm Posts: 84 Location: Bermuda	Yep. Calipers and rotors. The Ashima's are fine for flattish XC.
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sstefanov	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:09 pm
Joined: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:18 pm Posts: 64 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria	I would go with Formula R1. Light and very powerful. 2013 model year are supposedly easier to maintain. Stefan
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Tokyo Drifter	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:07 am
Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:28 am Posts: 464	Avid codes.
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limba	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:10 pm
Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:24 am Posts: 882	XTR. You can also mount the shifter/lever together with this. http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/02/25/fro ... -adapters/
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TheRookie	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:59 am
Joined: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:23 pm Posts: 310 Location: Midlands, United Kingdom	Formula R1 for weight effective, Shimano for the braking wth a little more weight. Noting that the Shimano Icetech option gives you the option to run slightly lighter discs when calculating weights! _________________ Impoverished weight weenie wanna-be! Budget 26" HT build viewtopic.php?f=10&t=110956
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Quinn039	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:26 am
Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:56 am Posts: 72 Location: Ontario, Canada	XT's would do the trick... _________________ Sur La Plaque! 2012 Ridley Damocles RS http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=111632 2012 Dekerf Team SST http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=112060&p=957055#p957055
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benread	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:54 am
Joined: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:58 am Posts: 5	Keep it simple and quite...! Shimano XTR Race 140/160...
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TheRookie	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:24 pm
Joined: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:23 pm Posts: 310 Location: Midlands, United Kingdom	Not sure you read what the OP was actually asking for there Ben! _________________ Impoverished weight weenie wanna-be! Budget 26" HT build viewtopic.php?f=10&t=110956
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Varaxis	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:55 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:07 pm Posts: 38	XO Trail.
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TheRookie	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:02 am
Joined: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:23 pm Posts: 310 Location: Midlands, United Kingdom	X0 - Noooooooooooo _________________ Impoverished weight weenie wanna-be! Budget 26" HT build viewtopic.php?f=10&t=110956
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shill	Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes? Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:20 am
Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:38 pm Posts: 92 Location: Eugene, OR	+1 of the new XO TRAIL BRAKES. They are incredably powerful. I am running 160f/ 140r and have tons of power. There is no fade either. They seem to have fixed the issues because I have had mine for over 3 months with zero issues. Scott
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