Avid Code setup

Sicklines.com has the levers on sale now. Up on the first page, black or gold

I'm pretty sure the sicklines levers are danger boy, and for lines go with goodridge braided, and pads just get stock replacement works best for me

1. Straitline levers
2. Goodridge hose and fittings
3. rebuild both the caliper and lever
4. organic pads

5. yay!

ridefast said:

1. Straitline levers

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waste of $$

ridefast said:

2. Goodridge hose and fittings

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waste of $$

ridefast said:

4. organic pads

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worthless..

all you need to make your Codes feel good is a fresh bleed and metallic pads.

I'm running my Code 5s bone stock and they feel great. If it aint broke, don't fix it.

I want to get the lvers, I know they will feel a little nicer and make me feel blingy -- but I doubt there is a real perf increase.

Goodridge lines were AWESOME on my Hayes Mag, and made them a tiny bit stronger and WAY better modulation. I have heard that the codes are so stiff that the flex in the hose provides some modulation and that using Goodridge would result in a strong, but poor modulating brake -- this is regurgitated hearsay so consider that!

Pads? 1 Org 1 Metallic in each caliper - Done!

These brakes stop me at 250lbs with aplomb! No fade, great modulation, super strong --- tried them with metallics and my jaw dropped.


Pragamatic = Go with Acadians advice

If you must bling, get the levers and skip the other 2.

Acadian said:

waste of $$

all you need to make your Codes feel good is a fresh bleed and metallic pads.

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He speaks the truth.

yep. just bleed them and they will feel like new. put some fresh pads in and new rotors after you bleed them and you will swear you had brand new brakes.

my first set of codes felt mushy for the longest time. I bled, re-bled and bled them over and over...but still couldn't get them to feel crisp like my Juicy's. That's until I got metalic pads (when they finally became available) Seriously, it made a big difference in lever feel. they went from feeling mushy to super crisp like my Juicy's.

I tried Goodridge lines with Juicy's and and it didn't make any difference...they didn't feel any better and I ended up going back to the stock line.

Acadian said:

my first set of codes felt mushy for the longest time. I bled, re-bled and bled them over and over...but still couldn't get them to feel crisp like my Juicy's. That's until I got metalic pads (when they finally became available) Seriously, it made a big difference in lever feel. they went from feeling mushy to super crisp like my Juicy's.

I tried Goodridge lines with Juicy's and and it didn't make any difference...they didn't feel any better and I ended up going back to the stock line.

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Stuck goodridge on my biancos and formula "the ones" and big difference in lever feel. Definently more wooden and crisp! I bled them before putting ss lines on and no go still squishy!
I have noticed a difference on all the brakes Ive had when swapping to ss lines. I pulled the lines off the biancos and swapped them over to the ones and put standard lines on the biancos with a perfect bleed and the rear lever again goes to the grip again like before ss lines!

bullcrew said:

Stuck goodridge on my biancos and formula "the ones" and big difference in lever feel. Definently more wooden and crisp! I bled them before putting ss lines on and no go still squishy!
I have noticed a difference on all the brakes Ive had when swapping to ss lines. I pulled the lines off the biancos and swapped them over to the ones and put standard lines on the biancos with a perfect bleed and the rear lever again goes to the grip again like before ss lines!

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have you tried them with Avid brakes?

that's what I thought...

good night..

Acadian said:

my first set of codes felt mushy for the longest time. I bled, re-bled and bled them over and over...but still couldn't get them to feel crisp like my Juicy's. That's until I got metalic pads (when they finally became available) Seriously, it made a big difference in lever feel. they went from feeling mushy to super crisp like my Juicy's.

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eh... why didn't you just stick with Juicy's then?
:huh:

Gary said:

eh... why didn't you just stick with Juicy's then?
:huh:

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Personal preference. For DH application I found the Codes to perform much better than the Juicy's.

for one, I like the feel of the Code levers. they are stiffer and at the rate I crash, a bit stronger than the Juicy's.

On LONG DH runs during the dead heat of the summer, I've had my Juicy's heat up - which changes the feel of the lever. This never happened with my Codes. The Codes just feel more consistent to me for DH. As an FYI - I use Juicy's on all my other bikes and they work just fine...

I like the levers that came with my Codes, I just wanted the Dangerboy ones. I really like the new blingy levers that I have. I didn't need them, I wanted them. Yep, waste of money. However, $49.00 isn't a big deal. That won't even get me a 1/2 tank of gas in my truck! Besides, the levers feel great!