Neg Posted November 21, 2011 Share so im in the market for new brakes as my current Formula K18 are just not stopping me on time.... im keen on the Avid XO from chain reaction (price is great) and i want to pair them with shimano ICE TEC rotors. will the ICE TEC technology in the rotors help with the cooling of the Avids? or must the calipers and pads be used?? im not keen on the mineral oil type brakes and i have had two sets of these mineral oil breaks and ive cooked them and ended with no breaks! used the DOT 5.1 and not had an issue. so now.... to avid and ICE TEC or to something else....?? any suggestions?? but back your suggestion up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnydabutcher Posted November 22, 2011 Share Personally - I would stay away from X.O brakes because they are Avid. Better options would be Hope, Shimano XT or XTR - that is what I would do. Ice tec Rotors are fine but the X.O brakes are a little disappointing. Do a search on this topic - there was something similar a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 22, 2011 Share I've got Elixir 5's. I'm 105kg. I have a 22kg DH bike. They stop me fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad bout mtb Posted November 22, 2011 Share Yea, the XO are sweet brakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konaman Posted November 22, 2011 Share Avid is high maintenance. If you like to tune brakes very regularly - go for it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy Posted November 22, 2011 Share so im in the market for new brakes as my current Formula K18 are just not stopping me on time.... im keen on the Avid XO from chain reaction (price is great) and i want to pair them with shimano ICE TEC rotors. will the ICE TEC technology in the rotors help with the cooling of the Avids? or must the calipers and pads be used?? im not keen on the mineral oil type brakes and i have had two sets of these mineral oil breaks and ive cooked them and ended with no breaks! used the DOT 5.1 and not had an issue. so now.... to avid and ICE TEC or to something else....?? any suggestions?? but back your suggestion up! Not sure if the IceTec rotors will work with X0, but I think they should. Don't be influenced by the negative comments on the X0, I have XX and never had a problem, having said that my wife have the new 2012 XT brakes with the IceTec rotors and thye must be the best brakes I have ever seen, Chris Willemse currently have a special on them for R2390 for a set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTB MAN Posted November 22, 2011 Share http://www.mtbr.com/cat/brakes/disc-brake-system/pls_1507crx.aspx Check the link above and choose your brakes from MTBR review... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neg Posted November 22, 2011 Share Hmmm... the XT Ice tec seem very good... i like that they dont heat up as much... because of the ceramic i suppose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niner Posted November 22, 2011 Share I don't think that the rotors alone will make a difference. Shimano advertises the callipers as having the heat dissipating properties. Not sure what is special on the rotors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neg Posted November 23, 2011 Share the heat dispensing is the ceramic pistons i think. because i know you can ceramic coat the exhaust manifold and exhaust pipe on a car and the heat is reduced a HUGE amount! almost so that after a drive one can almost touch the exhaust manifold... its that effective! so im guessing the ceramic pistons wont allow the heat to get to the Mineral oil as quickly! with the "fins" on the calipers im sure this will reduce some of the head generated and will cool it quicker.... the rotors are coated Aluminium and have very good Heat dispensing. i know nothing of the ice tec pads though. so i guess for the ICE TEC to be effective one needs to run the ICE TEC set up! i think the ceramic piston is the secret ingredient here... the XO'x dont have ceramic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine Sports Coaching Posted November 23, 2011 Share I ran Avid CR's for awhile and the levers kept going soft, we replaced seals ect and no luck. So I bought Shimano XT 2012 Brakes and WOW what a difference. Im not even running the ICE TEC rotors and its stops well, doesnt fade and they are silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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