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Philt

Post subject: Best aggressive XC brakes?

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:58 pm

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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

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Location: Aarhus, Denmark

Shimano

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CGT

Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes?

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:39 pm

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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

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Don't forget to upgrade your rotors... The ones in your pic aren't doing you any favours..

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Philt

Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes?

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:53 pm

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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

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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

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Avid codes.

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limba

Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes?

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:10 pm

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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

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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!

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Quinn039

Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes?

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:26 am

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Location: Ontario, Canada

XT's would do the trick...

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benread

Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes?

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:54 am

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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

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Not sure you read what the OP was actually asking for there Ben!

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Varaxis

Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes?

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:55 pm

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XO Trail.

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TheRookie

Post subject: Re: Best aggressive XC brakes?

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:02 am

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Location: Midlands, United Kingdom

X0 - Noooooooooooo

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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
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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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