Avid Juicy Seven Disk Brakes

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:44:00 GMT

We have had these on test now for several months and thought it was about time to let you know the results. We set up with the 185mm rotors but there are 160 and 203 versions available. Setting these up was a piece of cake they offer drip free bleeding so you don’t make so much of a mess and the indexed reach adjustment meant that we could set them up just as we wanted.

When using the breaks we found them to have biblical stopping power they really do stop the earth rather than the bike. But that leads us to the main problem we have with them they are either on or off there is no real in between with them. We had them set up with semi metallic pads and although we could adjust them they never really gave us the graduated stopping we wanted. The other main issue we had, and this may be due to the pad choice, is that they squeal in dry dusty conditions, not an issue now as its winter drizzle.

These are widely used brakes and for a good reason they work well, if you can afford to keep using organic pads (to stop the squeal) they offer more than enough stopping power for the price.

Hope Mono Mini 183mm

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:34:00 GMT

After installing the levers and setting it up it seems that these leaves will not appeal to everyone. This is due to the levers running very close to the bars, but if you like that then they are ideal!

They do also feel different to use than others we have used it may be due to the mono-block calliper but more likely due to how the lever works and the actuation ratios it uses. All together they give a very responsive braking system for £120 .

Personally we would go for the more expensive carbon option as the leavers are more comfortable. Both versions have the same stopping power and now have rounded clamps to stop the leaver clamps scraping carbon bars.

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Avid Juicy Seven Disk Brakes

Hope Mono Mini 183mm