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Bicyclist

Turbo Monkey
Apr 4, 2004
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I was thinking of either purchasing Avid Juicey 5's or 7's, I'm not sure yet, or Hayes El Camino's. Does anyone have any riding impressions of any of these brakes? Also, I have had reliability issues with Hayes in the past. Do the El Camino's hold up OK to wear and tear? And please, don't tell me to buy Hopes or HFX-9's. :nope:
Thanks.
 
DßR

DßR

They saw my bloomers
Feb 17, 2004
980
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the DC
El camino's are not out yet, and if they are out, nobody's had enough ride time to form any reliability impressions.

Jeez people.
 
Bicyclist

Bicyclist

Turbo Monkey
Apr 4, 2004
10,152
2
SB
Did I not just say that I DIDN'T want other brand recommendations? Oh well. Anyway, has anyone ridden El Caminos at all? If so, how do they seem?
 
erikkellison

erikkellison

Monkey
Jan 28, 2004
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Denver, CO
I have two buddies who roll the Avid Juicy 7's, and they both rave. They said that modulation is their strength, while they're no slouch at power either. This is with the 8" rotors front and rear for both of them. My opinion, only from looking, is that the levers look like aftermarket levers, but the rotors aren't all that cool (although if they work, then I guess they don't need to look cool :) ).
 
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420oztofreedom

Chimp
Nov 28, 2004
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I've been riding Hayes (MAGs) for 4 years and Juicys for 4 months, and I am much happier with the Juicys. I love their power and modulation. Regarding reliability, i have recently developed a lack of power/squealing problem when the brakes are cold but i am hoping to get that fixed and it could just be a pad issue. Also i had a wierd problem where the front brake would pull all the way to the lever unless you constantly pumped it but that seems to have been fixed with a bleed. The only drawback to the Juicys is they require a special kit to bleed them and a few fancy techniques to bleed them properly. Small issues aside, they are great brakes and i highly recommend them.

Cheers
 
me89

me89

Monkey
May 25, 2004
839
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asheville
Did I not just say that I DIDN'T want other brand recommendations
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no you said
please, don't tell me to buy Hopes or HFX-9's.
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the words other brands wasnt mentiond.

ohh and also a friend has a set of juicy 5s on his ht and loves them. hes also putting them on his sgs expert with 8 inch rotors. maybee he'll chim in here in a sec.
 
Zark

Zark

Hey little girl, do you want some candy?
Oct 18, 2001
6,254
7
Reno 911
The problems you had with Hayes were from the HFX9 levers. Why not get MAG levers, save some coin and have reliable, proven brakes.
 
me89

me89

Monkey
May 25, 2004
839
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asheville
yeh what he said.

ohh and pm my friend at T-pirate. he will answer your questions and just tell him that eric told you to pm him.
 
Bicyclist

Bicyclist

Turbo Monkey
Apr 4, 2004
10,152
2
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The SX Trail comes with Hayes, so I'll ride them for a while and see how I like them. If I do end up breaking those levers too I'll get Mag Levers. I don't want to spend a bunch of money on either El Caminos or Juiceys.
 
Bicyclist

Bicyclist

Turbo Monkey
Apr 4, 2004
10,152
2
SB
Originally I wanted Hayes or Juiceys, but that was a while ago. I realized I can't afford them.
 
Monkeybidnezz

Monkeybidnezz

Turbo Monkey
Dec 16, 2003
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Pac NW
Zark said:
The problems you had with Hayes were from the HFX9 levers. Why not get MAG levers, save some coin and have reliable, proven brakes.
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I second that. I've only had positive experience with my mags over the last year. I had xt 4 pots before and they were very good too. Both sets were reliable, had very great power and did the job. My Hayes tend to get me rotor schwing...but it's an easy fix...
 
me89

me89

Monkey
May 25, 2004
839
0
asheville
yes t-pirate rolls them on his cortina and pretty soon on his sgs did i not cover this in a previous post lol.

and dude i would deffinatly switch to the mag levers the 9s suck balls
 
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