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chubby666
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
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 Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 8:47 pm |
Recieved through post today , just a quick one .
they are already fully bled , do i just bolt on and wear in ! or do i have to do anything else ?
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clarkson
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
Posts: 1524
Location: United Kingdom
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Rockhopper
Joined: 21 Nov 2005
Posts: 425
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:52 pm |
Didn't they come with instructions?
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Thewaylander
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Posts: 1397
Location: Newport
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 4:07 pm |
Repackage send back and go buy some decent brakes :p
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chubby666
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 10:22 pm |
| Rockhopper wrote: | | Didn't they come with instructions? |
ha ha ha see we have another comedian in then 
Brakes fitted , done within an hour and a halt 
send them back and get somw decent brakes ! nowt wrong with HOPE matey 
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Thewaylander
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Posts: 1397
Location: Newport
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:59 am |
Seen to may fail with all there fiddly bits and bobs.
I have started to go with the attitude less to play with less to go wrong.
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pypdjl
Joined: 13 Jul 2008
Posts: 23
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:21 pm |
| Thewaylander wrote: | | Seen to may fail with all there fiddly bits and bobs. |
What fiddly bits?
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Thewaylander
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Posts: 1397
Location: Newport
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:45 pm |
You know the most reccomended brake in the alps by alot of locals? hayes 9(don't use these myself i find them wooden) but they are some of the most simple brakes on the market.
bits and bobs i refer to like pad adjusters and so on is just an area to brake in my honest opinion and the simpler the better is a good thing. but again it depends where and what you ride, if you buumpig around your locals or busy traisl centers cool, but if you an epic rider ie huge distances and so on the simpler is better. easier to fix on the fly and gernerally less parts to go wrong
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pypdjl
Joined: 13 Jul 2008
Posts: 23
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:51 pm |
They don't have pad adjusters, they have lever reach and bite point adjusters, but I find it hard to imagine anything going wrong with those, and even if it did they would just be locked in one position, and wouldn't stop the brake functioning. Hopes are very simple brakes (as are most hydraulics to be fair), so I have no idea where you have got the impression they are complicated from. You don't even need a bleed kit for them.
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scale20
Joined: 14 Mar 2007
Posts: 496
Location: North Wales
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 8:03 pm |
I'm a hope man myself too, simple to fit, fix, bleed and you can get every single little part you need.
Nice buy there chubby666, just watch they don't send you over the bars 
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chubby666
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
Posts: 102
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 8:12 pm |
Nice buy there chubby666, just watch they don't send you over the bars [/quote]
they should be fully bedded in within my next ride , but i'll bear that in mind
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richg1979
Joined: 01 Sep 2008
Posts: 205
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 8:33 pm |
i have tech m4s too and love them to bits totaly faultless for last 6 months, not 1 problem and infinate amounts of progression and power.
people rave about the avid elixirs but i gave my cr's 2 weeks before i sold them, way to grabby, couldnt ride loose or mud without locking them up.
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ride_whenever
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 8280
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 8:47 pm |
Lol,i love the elixir, you have to be so light on them that arm pump is totally eliminated from braking!
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chubby666
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
Posts: 102
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 8:53 pm |
Never suffered arm pump on my MTB used to get it a lot in my Moto X days though
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ride_whenever
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 8280
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 8:59 pm |
It is also hilarious when others ride your bike at slow speed. They touch the brake and it stops them!
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richg1979
Joined: 01 Sep 2008
Posts: 205
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:07 pm |
you always had to think and be on edge with my old elixirs, a sedden hairy moment on a tight trail and you would grab the brake and endo off into the scenery.
tech m4s work as a brake should, the more you pull the leaver the faaster you stop.
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