Orbea Rise m20 brake upgrade

[Mikecole95]

Hi guys

Looking to urgrade the brakes on my rise, any reccomendations?

was considering hope tech 4 brakes as a possibility?

 

[Bob88]

Assuming you are currently on 2 piston brakes, switching to a 4 piston set up will increase stopping power. Deore 6120 is the cheap easy option. Hope if you need the colour bling. Upping the rotor sizes can give you even more power if needed. I went with Saints front and back mostly for looks but the stopping power is insane.

 

[theremotejuggernaut]

What did it come with? 6100s?

Cheapest/ easiest route will be some better discs (XT IceTech) and sintered pads.

Next level cheap and easy would be to add some shimano 4 piston calipers.

6120 calipers are around £50 each and will fit straight onto your existing levers and hoses. SLX/ XT will be slightly more and give you finned pads if that's your thing.

I've got 6120s with 203mm front/ 180 rear XT level IceTech discs on my H30 and it's stops well enough.

It really depends what and how you ride as to what's best. If you're a heavyweight rider on seriously fast and steep trails then you're gonna need better brakes than a lightweight rider on gentler stuff

 

[Mikecole95]

Assuming you are currently on 2 piston brakes, switching to a 4 piston set up will increase stopping power. Deore 6120 is the cheap easy option. Hope if you need the colour bling. Upping the rotor sizes can give you even more power if needed. I went with Saints front and back mostly for looks but the stopping power is insane.

oh nice! if possible could you link me to the saints brakes that you used?

 

[Bob88]

Shimano Saint M820 Front And Rear Disc Brakes Set | Merlin Cycles

Buy your Shimano Saint M820 Front And Rear Disc Brakes Set at Merlin. Free worldwide delivery available on most items!

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Again, they dont really do much more than other shimano 4 pots but I love the looks and the lever feel

 

[Mikecole95]

Shimano Saint M820 Front And Rear Disc Brakes Set | Merlin Cycles

Buy your Shimano Saint M820 Front And Rear Disc Brakes Set at Merlin. Free worldwide delivery available on most items!

www.merlincycles.com

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thanks! what discs did you go for?

 

[Bob88]

thanks! what discs did you go for?

Ice Tech rotors, 203 front 180 rear

 

[Shjay]

MT5s half price of saints with MDR-P rotors even MT7s cheaper & far better brakes

 

[eDirt]

I upgraded my M20’s brakes to the 8120 XT’s. It wasn’t as easy a swap as I’d hoped since there is way too much tension on the brake hose where it bends above the motor to just attach the new hose to the old and pull it through the frame. I had to drop the motor to fish the new one through. I managed to do it without pulling the chain ring by grinding an Allen wrench down to fit in the space between the ring and bolt.

Once open and with the battery pulled you can see there isn’t any channeling in the frame, the cables and hoses just pass through the space above the battery.

While I had it open I ran and connected the wire from my Lezyne Macro 1000 headlight at the same time. Of course that still won’t work until I find a shop with the ride tube pro software to activate the light power output on the motor (it‘s default setting is always off).

 

[Kevlasultanpus]

I upgraded my M20’s brakes to the 8120 XT’s. It wasn’t as easy a swap as I’d hoped since there is way too much tension on the brake hose where it bends above the motor to just attach the new hose to the old and pull it through the frame. I had to drop the motor to fish the new one through. I managed to do it without pulling the chain ring by grinding an Allen wrench down to fit in the space between the ring and bolt.

Once open and with the battery pulled you can see there isn’t any channeling in the frame, the cables and hoses just pass through the space above the battery.

While I had it open I ran and connected the wire from my Lezyne Macro 1000 headlight at the same time. Of course that still won’t work until I find a shop with the ride tube pro software to activate the light power output on the motor (it‘s default setting is always off). View attachment 116624 View attachment 116632

Mate my LBS had to do the same to swap out my brakes to 4 pots. labor costs was high but def worth the money. Shame the H30 comes with such lame brakes as standard.