All-New Magura MT8 Hydraulic Disc Brakes Unveiled

[nathrix]

http://www.bikerumor.com/2010/12/06/all-new-magura-mt8-hydraulic-disc-brakes-unveiled-with-carbotecture/

 

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Magura has just leaked some images of their all-new MT8 hydraulic dsc brakes.

 

Claiming to be their lightest stoppers ever, they’ve been in development for two years. The levers

 

Two years in development, Magura’s new MT8 disc brakes promise to be the company’s lightest brakes it has yet produced. To achieve lightness, Magura developed a material with a high number of carbon fibres embedded in a thermoplastic matrix, which they call Carbotecture. Once mixed, it’s injection molded using a Carbolay process for the levers and Carbontecture for the full-carbon master cylinder. That’s right…FULL CARBON MASTER CYLINDER!

 

“It is only half the weight of aluminium and yet has tremendous tensile strength, somewhere between aluminium and steel. This makes it extremely resistant to impact and fracture. It has the highest fatigue strength under completely reversed alternating stresses of all known component materials. Its power-to-weight ratio (tensile strength/density) is twice as high as that of aluminium or magnesium and six times higher than that of steel or die-cast zinc.”

[Weight Weenie]

Mmm any idea on weight ?

[Douglang123]

What's the fuss about them loosing pressure?

[capediver]

What's the fuss about them loosing pressure?

You just woke a 9 year thread....what fuss?

[BaGearA]

You just woke a 9 year thread....what fuss?

 

I only noticed how old this is now, holy shize this is A throwback

[Wayne pudding Mol]

What's the fuss about them loosing pressure?

Opening post of the year