New Brakes

[Balooba]

I bought a bike with Avid Elixir 1 brakes on. Apparently very bad brakes.

 

Want to upgrade but do not want to spend arm and a leg (weekend warrior).

 

Came across Shimano BL-M315 front and back brand new for R950.00.

 

I would love SLX but my crammed budget won't allow. Do someone know if these BL brakes are any good? Apparently they now on a lot of new mid-range bikes.

 

HELP PLEASE    

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I bought a bike with Avid Elixir 1 brakes on. Apparently very bad brakes.

 

Want to upgrade but do not want to spend arm and a leg (weekend warrior).

 

Came across Shimano BL-M315 front and back brand new for R950.00.

 

I would love SLX but my crammed budget won't allow. Do someone know if these BL brakes are any good? Apparently they now on a lot of new mid-range bikes.

 

HELP PLEASE    

No. Your elixirs are perfectly fine. those shimanos will NOT be an upgrade at all.... 

 

Bleed the elixirs, get larger rotors and be done with it. 

[Capricorn]

No. Your elixirs are perfectly fine. those shimanos will NOT be an upgrade at all.... 

 

Bleed the elixirs, get larger rotors and be done with it. 

Hope you packing your flamesuit

[worriesnot]

I bought a bike with Avid Elixir 1 brakes on. Apparently very bad brakes.

 

Want to upgrade but do not want to spend arm and a leg (weekend warrior).

 

Came across Shimano BL-M315 front and back brand new for R950.00.

 

I would love SLX but my crammed budget won't allow. Do someone know if these BL brakes are any good? Apparently they now on a lot of new mid-range bikes.

 

HELP PLEASE    

 

From your avatar you will be better off spending money on new shorts.

#stopflashingyourbum

[Balooba]

Need new brakes  

[jcza]

Do yourself a favour and place the Avids in the bin 

[dirtypot]

No. Your elixirs are perfectly fine. those shimanos will NOT be an upgrade at all.... 

 

Bleed the elixirs, get larger rotors and be done with it. 

 

Strongly disagree.  

[River Rat]

No. Your elixirs are perfectly fine. those shimanos will NOT be an upgrade at all.... 

 

Bleed the elixirs, get larger rotors and be done with it. 

You make it sound so easy

[droo]

Are your Elixirs giving you issues, or did someone just tell you they're crap?

[Rocket-Boy]

Nothing wrong with elixirs, maintain them properly and they are perfectly fine.

[Mongooser]

i put a elixir 1 on my jump bike in mid 2015,my friend now owns the bike

the brakes been bled once and never given problems,nothing wrong with em

[divernick]

If you really want to upgrade/change the brakes PM me. I have a set of previous previous generation XT's you can have for R500 with a trade in of your Avids

[Balooba]

Are your Elixirs giving you issues, or did someone just tell you they're crap?

 

Reviews I read online indicated they are noisy and not trustworthy.

[carbon29er]

Reviews I read online indicated they are noisy and not trustworthy.

And I watched a bit of a press conference yesterday where a mentally challenged imbecile thought he was still the main man at the state propaganda machine.....

 

Don't believe all you read. Unless it was written by Bell Pottinger.

[RobertWhitehead]

If you really want to upgrade/change the brakes PM me. I have a set of previous previous generation XT's you can have for R500 with a trade in of your Avids

That sounds like a fantastic deal, can anyone take you up on your offer Divernick? 

[Belgarath]

Reviews I read online indicated they are noisy and not trustworthy.

 

I have Shimano M355 on my Silverback, pretty much bomb-proof. Have done a few OTB's when I started out on them

 

Reviews on the M315 are very good. R1K for new brakes is awesome.

 

Noise on the Elixirs should only come from the pad/rotor combination ? (correct me if I wrong). Could be sorted with resin pads?

 

Can't comment on trustworthiness.