wow I'm surprised you put them on a trail bike. was thinking of some R1's or RX's for my all-mountain bike, as I thought Ones or RO's would be overkill.
not as shiny as XO or XTR. No dimples on the blade.
I have the XT's on my big bike and an SLX on my jump bike, must say I do miss the free stroke adjustment although filling them a bit more should do the trick too.
Got a really good price (in fact less than for a R1 or The One). Will run it with 180 rotor front and 160 back, should have a good weight ratio too!
I had the same stance for awhile; happily running Avid brakes while others were bitching. But, it seems that over time is where the Avids fall short. After awhile of use, it seems like I just cannot remove all of the air from Avid brakes, no matter how I bleed them (and that's consistent experience with multiple bikes that have been running Avids for a few years). When they're new-ish, they work awesome....but....I got tired of trying to remove air bubbles constantly. That was why I started trying different stuff.
I never had any bleed issues w/ my Juicies, and stayed away from Elixirs until this year. Supposedly they're using different rubber compound in the master cylinder, and the bleed ports now are designed to trap air there instead of letting it back into the lines. I guess time will tell, but so far, so good.
Same. Rode XTR's for a year on the trail bike and have been super impressed. Had them on the DH but just replaced with new Saint. Def a distinct difference in immediate power going to the Saints and nice to not have to think quite as hard when grabbing the brakes.
