Yep, came to the very same conclusions actually, including the weights without brake hoses (maybe also without the connection hardware on the hoses?).Hexsense wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:38 pmSome note from quick glance.
1) Weight not including oil and hose.
Add at least 60g+ to hose and oil weight when comparing to other brake systems.
So let say it's 318+60g for the set. That's about 189g per side. XTR 2 piston is 194 per side. So it's still cheaper and lighter.
2) Brake lever is not carbon fiber. That part can get cold to touch when it's cold outside.
Normally alu lever is much heavier than carbon fiber. So that leave some room to upgrade later though.
I ride my bikes in cold winter days as well, used to change my old Piccola brakes (alu lever) to a spare MT8 SL set.
Nevertheless, this brake set looks interesting, would be cool to read some riding impressions about them and also some short/mid-term review. I remember when Magishine lamps came out (they copied it from Lupine), 1st versions were quite problematic but after a year or so got much more reliable.
Oh, started to work on a new MT8 Pro brake set. Already replaced the alu levers to carbon levers, screws are Ti screws, clamps are the carbon ones also. And the brake pads are the ~11g Trickstuff 830 Power-A (alu plate).
I wanted to order aftermarket Ti-parts for this brake set but for now, I let it run in this form first. Only 228g for the pair with uncut hoses (2200mm, both), that's quite OK-ish I guess.