I've been trying to find out what brakes are the best performing and like anything else it's about subjective but here is black and white data. I bought some Zees but I'll be selling this on now and buying the Maguru MT7's after doing this exercise, maybe its useful for some of you guys or will bring about some useful feedback....
They also recommend fitting Trickstuff Power+ brake pads which on their tests offered 20% more performance and were quieter.
The best eMTB disc brake you can buy
Disc brakes now have it harder than ever before: we’re riding higher modern tires bite harder, and the trails we ride are getting tougher. To be confident in challenging terrain we need to be able to control our speed, so which disc brake is best? Every year, tires get better, our bikes get more...ebike-mtb.com
Overview
Brake Price* Weight** Average Breaking Torque 30-15 km/h 45-0 km/h Formula Cura € 124 466 g 74.3 Nm 1.7 s 8.0 s Hope T3 V4 € 235 490 g 74.8 Nm 3.3 s 12.7 s Magura MT5 € 111 470 g 90.1 Nm 1.7 s 10.4 s Magura MT7 € 219 488 g 99.3 Nm 1.6 s 5.2 Magura MT Trail Sport € 219 (set) 458 g 85.1/68.1 Nm 1.8/2.3 s 7.6/9.8 s Shimano Deore € 73 548 g 69.9 Nm 3.0 s 9.6 s Shimano Saint € 237 594 g 83 Nm 1.4 s 8.8 s Shimano XT € 146 528 g 78.4 Nm 3.4 s 9.3 s Shimano Zee € 157 576 g 75.2 Nm 1.7 s 12.0 s SRAM Code R € 170 514 g 69.2 Nm 3.1 s 11.9 s SRAM Code RSC € 270 566 g 70.6 Nm 2.4 s 8.5 Trickstuff Direttissima € 375 388 g 114.7 Nm 1.1 s 6.2 TRP G-Spec Quadiem € 219 608 g 66.2 Nm 2.2 s 7.7 s TRP G-Spec Slate € 219 574 g 55.0 Nm 3.9 s 10.5 s Tree - Hardwood € FREE 7000000g Not rated 0.0 s 0.0 s
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Quite interesting, I was close to buying some hope brakes and looking to sell my Zees until I played around with the table a little and added a little colour scoring and filtered the fasted to stop dead from 45 km/h:
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I know there's more to just raw data, but its a nice starting point! If this study is accurate then I should be avoiding the hope brakes and aiming towards MT7 (the new levers are meant to be nice) Those Forumla Cura look good bang for buck although they recommend the Zees for the most cost effective option if your on a budget!
Finally here is their summary
Moderator Edit : Added Tree to comparison table.
Disappointed not to see "TREES" at the top of your spreadsheet as the control data
Glad you're feeling better and back to your usual good self.
i wouldn't bother, magura uses organic pads even in their performance line, and those bite hard and don't fade, only down side like soft tires is they wear fast.
I really don't care about longevity as long as they work. But then again, I've never had any pads that wear out rapidly.
Do you know if they do an e-bike specific version of those ? They look like normal bike ones and I don't think they'd be compatible with e-bike disks
Well spotted, I'll keep looking for more suitable ones..?Do you know if they do an e-bike specific version of those ? They look like normal bike ones and I don't think they'd be compatible with e-bike disks
Actually I thought of alcohol wipes, have those but there mixed in with plenty of other chems so....Soudal 50 Bike Wipes | Deporvillage
I'd have thought you passed that dangerous threshold weeks ago
Did you not see the threads on "Nut Armour", "Nut adhesives" , "Breathing techniques to withdraw you nuts" , "Make you nuts already look chopped off"I'd have thought you passed that dangerous threshold weeks ago
The brakes will fit, but what type of brake disc mounting do your hubs use? 6 bolt or centerlock? the discs that are part of that bundle are 6 bolt discs.
