Avid Juicy Carbon 08 Disc Brake with 160mm Rotor Features: Let\'s say you\'re building the perfect cross country, weight-weeny special, and you\'re looking for the perfect brake.... more
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Avid Juicy Carbon 08 Disc Brake with 160mm Rotor Features: Let\'s say you\'re building the perfect cross country, weight-weeny special, and you\'re looking for the perfect brake. Now, let\'s say you\'re building the quintessential all-mountain, all-day-ride machine, and you\'re looking for the perfect brake. And how about that freeride freakshow, or the single speed? What brake fits them all like a glove? The answer for all of them is the new Juicy Carbon. It\'s the right choice because it has such a powerful blend of all the most important attributes. The carbon fiber makes it strong and light. The fact that it\'s a Juicy makes it powerful, comfortable and a snap to install. Plus this year\'s refined design makes it drop-dead sexy and a huge 30 grams lighter than last year\'s model! Special Features: Intended use Cross Country, All Mountain, Freeride, Downhill FINISH Flash Silver Special features New refined lever body design, 30 grams lighter than last year\'s model, New lighter carbon lever blade, New restyled aluminum Speed Dial™ knob, Pad Contact-Point Adjustment, Tri-Align™ Caliper Positioning System™, Power Reserve Geometry™, Ambidextrous, Split Clamp/Matchmaker™ compatible, Drip-free bleeding, Indexed reach adjustment, DOT 5.1 standard Rotor sizes 160, 185, 203mm FLUID DOT 5.1 Weight 386g (160mm rotor; front post mount)
Advantages: Easy to fit and maintain plus great price Disadvantages: Will need adjusting from time to time
...of lower-priced hydraulic brakes as an alternative to the BB7s, check out a set of Hayes HFX-9s or AvidJuicy 5s - both brakes offer quality hydraulic stopping power for only a little more money than the BB7s.
Durability:
Avid utilizes a series of seals on the BB7 calipers that keeps dust, grit, and mud out of the assembly and, as a result, I had no major issues with the Avid BB7 calipers during the product test. While I'd like to see greater durability from the pads - some sets of pads lasted a couple of months while others had a much shorter lifespan - the brakes themselves functioned the same on the first day I mounted them as the day I wrote this review.
Pricing:
Buy Avid BB7 discbrakes at Wiggle.com MSRP for the Avid BB7 discbrakes is £79.99 so they're affordably priced when compared to most of their hydraulic counterparts. Keep in mind...
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Advantages: Good breaking power Disadvantages: nothing
...I recently bought a set of replacement pads for my AVIDJuicy 3 brakes. These came in at £15 for a pair for the front. They seem to vary in price by a few pounds, thi was from a well known online MTB shop in the lakes.
Being a discbrake novice I didn't have a clue how to fit them so rather than break them or waste time finding out I got a mate to do it for me.
Other than the actual fitting the one thing I did do was to lightly rub down the pads before fitting them. I was told this is a good idea as it reduces the chances of the pads glazing over and gives you better breaking power earlier on, guess this is like I used to do with my standard V-Brake pads. I think that is roughly 1000 miles of use on my old pads. I tend to change them early as I did with V-brakes, not sure that is necessary with discs though (not at this price...
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Advantages: Excellent lever feel, stopping power, durability Disadvantages: when they squeel, they REALLY squeel
...I've been mountain biking for many years now and over time I've tried a wide array of braking systems on my various bikes. I was always a huge fan of Avid's braking products and had test ridden a number of bikes with their Juicydiscs on before deciding on the right bike for me and taking the plunge into speccing my own custom build. The bike was to be a Yeti 575 and the brake choice came down to the Hope Mono minis (as fitted to my Orange), AvidJuicys and the Shimano XT. I chose Shimano for various reasons and the following review will hopefully outline why I took this course of action over the much hyped Hope and Avids.
Having tested various systems on demo bikes around the country, it seemed to me that there was little to choose between the braking characteristics of my shortlisted products. However, the Shimano just edged...
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