grego12 Posted December 25, 2013 Share I've finally decided to change the avid brakes on my Spec epic 29er with XT. Chainreaction has a great special at the moment. There are however a few options to order which I need advice on:-front hose length 950mm or 1000mm?-rear hose length 1500mm or 1700mm?-the levers are either A spec or B spec - which do I need. The bike has SRAM X9 shifters-will the avid rotors work or do I need XT rotors? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redlight Posted December 25, 2013 Share Good choice1000mm and 1700mmA specYes it will but no where close to as good as the xt rotors will work. You will no go from no stopping power to rip your eyeballs out stopping power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego12 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Good choice1000mm and 1700mmA specYes it will but no where close to as good as the xt rotors will work. You will no go from no stopping power to rip your eyeballs out stopping powerthanks...yeah, im tired of the avids now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbreath Posted December 25, 2013 Share Measure your Avid hoses and potentially save yourself a trim and bleed. Spoke101 and Baaisikilist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smimby Posted December 25, 2013 Share You will no go from no stopping power to rip your eyeballs out stopping power It is called modulation. SHIMANO brakes are like a light switch. ON/OFF Avid has modulation at least, but people don't bleed them properly and then blame the brakes. porqui, SamL1220, Wannabe and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton H Posted December 25, 2013 Share Good choice1000mm and 1700mmA specYes it will but no where close to as good as the xt rotors will work. You will no go from no stopping power to rip your eyeballs out stopping power Ha ha ha , that's funny ! grumpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpmeister Posted December 25, 2013 Share I did this some time ago and also fitted the ice tech rotors because the Avid rotors burned blue with the Xt brakes. Enjoy the new stopping power, go for the Shimano rotors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtblife Posted December 25, 2013 Share I had avid brakes, had them bleed till I was bleeding ,,, Total rubbish replaced with complete sets of XTR. It's like a new bike, roller coaster and stop when u want to. Modulation a big word for slow reaction brakes. When flying down Silvermine , if your speed is high there is more modulation with good brakes. Avid lose grip after a few pulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udxcob Posted December 25, 2013 Share What's the difference between A and B ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porqui Posted December 25, 2013 Share Hi! my name is Peter and I have Avid brakes. Stumpmeister, Lexx and shaper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udxcob Posted December 25, 2013 Share Peter your brakes suck (just like mine) go buy yourself some shimanos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arendoog Posted December 25, 2013 Share Hi! my name is Peter and I have Avid brakes.I have boiled my brake oil of my avid elixir set so many times in 2.5years and have only replaced the pads n couple of times .I like my screaming avids porqui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpmeister Posted December 25, 2013 Share Hallo Peter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redlight Posted December 25, 2013 Share I hope you bought the shimano brakes.Please don't give those avids to anyone. That will be evil. Just place in the rubbish bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted December 25, 2013 Share It is called modulation. SHIMANO brakes are like a light switch. ON/OFF Avid has modulation at least, but people don't bleed them properly and then blame the brakes.wahahahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ruinaard Posted December 25, 2013 Share Get the ice tech rotors as well. Work brilliantly. I also went to 180mm rotors, and that added to the modulation even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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